dominant society
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdominantandsociety
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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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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 ofdominantandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These contacts had fuelled aristocratic competition, albeit within a limited regional framework, and helped shape the evolution of thedominantsociety.
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These contacts had fuelled aristocratic competition, albeit within a limited regional framework, and helped shape the evolution of thedominantsociety.
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The other pole argues that indigenous people must be acculturated todominantsocietyvalues and economic activities so that they can participate in national development.
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As a strategy for engaging with thedominantsocietyin the definition of place and community, these names celebrate participation in media discourse, but in terms that privilege reservation insiders.
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Samuels points out that this is in fact an assertion of indigenous autonomy in relation to thedominantsociety.
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Chap. 5 addresses the ways in which narrative content demonstrates attitudes about race, gender, and language which are internalized from or resistant toward thedominantsociety.
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She brought new life and interest to a world in danger of being forgotten and overshadowed by thedominantsociety.
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Thedominantsocietyoften sees these groups as radical, leading to fear, skepticism, and anxiety in their response.
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Material culture has not differed from thedominantsocietyexcept in dress.
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The combination of these changes would allow for the immigrant to move out of the barrio and into thedominantsociety.
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This perspective demonstrated the flaw in any defense that depends on the rules and mores of a subculture as a replacement for those of thedominantsociety.
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The main cause of this decrease is the integration of communities, often originally sheltered, into thedominantsociety, and then modernisation after assimilation into society which confronts all immigrant groups.
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Attempts to regain control, and to have land rights legally recognized under the dominant society's system of law, have met with resistance and proceeded slowly.
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Languages of dominant societies over the centuries have served as auxiliary languages, sometimes approaching the international level.
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