divided society

collocation in English

meaningsofdividedandsociety

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divided
adjective
uk
/dɪˈvaɪ.dɪd/us
/dɪˈvaɪ.dɪd/
split into two or more opposing groups who ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofdividedandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Polarisation did not, of course, diminish, but rather increased, as thedividedsocietysped towards its own fulfilment in civil war.
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This suggests that a moredividedsocietymay have difficulty co-ordinating on political parties when information about the distribution of support is limited.
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The main focus of the book is on the construction of identity in a raciallydividedsociety.
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This kind of popular political action was most likely to occur when particular issuesdividedsocietyinto political camps.
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Certainly, the social context within which individuals view debt and make such cost/benefit calculations are very important in a sociallydividedsociety.
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Many people have got rich, some have been comfortable, but the hallmark is a disfigured anddividedsocietyin which many people have been victims.
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It is weak in the face of a helpless anddividedsociety.
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The reality of this situation is that we are nodividedsocietyat all.
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We are adividedsociety, and we have to take active steps to see that that is put right.
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I do not want to live in such adividedsociety.
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Unless we accept this and keep it in mind always, whatever happens within the economy, we shall turn into a soured anddividedsociety.
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One can complain about adividedsociety, but so long as these conditions exist there will be adividedsociety.
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We are also concerned about subscription television because we fear that it could lead to an even moredividedsociety.
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We need a change in government so that there will be the leadership needed to create a more inclusive, lessdividedsociety.
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We will not have a strong and robust economy if we have a weak anddividedsociety.
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Until there is parity, this will be adividedsociety.
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As a result of very unequal decision-making processes, we have, therefore, an unequal anddividedsociety.
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She talked about how bitterlydividedsocietyis.
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What we shall have is a bitterlydividedsocietyand that is a matter of real and deep regret.
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That culture is competitive and divisive, and it encouraged adividedsocietyin which there are already two distinct communities.
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