dominant culture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdominantandculture
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dominant
adjective
uk/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the ...
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culture
noun
uk/ˈkʌl.tʃər/us/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ/
the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a ...
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(Definition ofdominantandculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Another result of contact, stability, is often a temporary stage in an immigrant group's coexistence with adominantcultureand language.
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He also cultivated an appreciation of the formal value of certain practices either neglected by thedominantcultureor deemed socially disreputable.
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There is no consideration of collective values which may be underpinned by adominantculture.
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Coming out inside exem- of defiance of thedominantculture.
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Wherever we attend to, or love, what thedominantcultureencourages us to devalue, neglect or disrespect, camp rises as a way out of this double bind.
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Emergent elements historically have signalled a new phase of thedominantculture, but they have also characterised oppositional or alternative processes that related to the dominant in complex, multi-levelled ways.
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Civic patriotism, as a result, does not require that minority groups simply conform to thedominantcultureprovided their basic rights are respected.
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Alternative lifestyle choices, as they relate to work, wealth and welfare, are therefore either quashed or mainstreamed as an acceptable way to incorporate them into thedominantculture.
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Maladaptation is increasingly viewed as a function of the fit between the culture (or subculture, although that language is now unacceptable) and the demands of the majority ordominantculture.
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Their estrangement from the 'ruling' architecture, from the 'right' housing image, and from thedominantculturecauses them at best to completely lose their original meaning.
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When we talk about devising equality provision, for many of us it is to suit a particular singledominantculture.
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That has been thedominantculture, and still is.
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The right of onedominantcultureto criticise or to try to stop a practice of another minority culture is rightly a subject for debate.
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Ourdominantcultureis noticeably less confident than it used to be.
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That is always at the expense of the freedom and the culture of the people already inhabiting that area, if the culture concerned is different from thedominantculture.
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Those who remained survived through attempting to adapt to thedominantculture, becoming farmers and tradesmen.
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