economic distress

collocation in English

meaningsofeconomicanddistress

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economic
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us
/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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distress
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈstres/us
/dɪˈstres/
a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, ...
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(Definition ofeconomicanddistressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Indeed, it could be argued that in times ofeconomicdistressand hardship men compensated by finding other ways of asserting their dominance over women.
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The colonial government also faced its owneconomicdistressas a result of the depression.
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Measures designed to produceeconomicdistressthus resulted less in organised opposition than in sustained emigration.
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Economicdistress, for instance, often makes politics more salient, exacerbates inter-group tensions, favours extremism and contributes to the perception of threat.
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Balancing the budget was a conventional remedy, but governments were hesitant to raise taxes or cut support for veterans, pensioners and the unemployed in the deepeningeconomicdistress.
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The third section analyses the difficult process of demobilisation, while the fourth and fifth sections focus on people's postwar experiences ofeconomicdistressand political violence.
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I think it is more than a pity we are in this position, that to-day we are beginning almost in the middle ofeconomicdistress.
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I feel deeply that even for a nation in direeconomicdistressthe honour of our word will count for a very great deal.
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It did not envisage that permanent hard core of unemployment whicheconomicdistresshas brought on this country.
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The development policy was in some way to accommodate different regions to the discipline of the single currency that involved them ineconomicdistress.
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It must also be capable of being introduced in a way that does not cause either mortgage or rent payerseconomicdistress.
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Otherwise,economicdistresswill combine with the already present political tensions in the island to create an extremely dangerous situation ripe for exploitation.
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They are the major reason for oureconomicdistress.
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In these difficult times ofeconomicdistress, voluntary organisations are very concerned when companies have to withdraw their support.
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At times ofeconomicdistress, people become more authoritarian and more frightened and the community begins to break down.
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He entirely misunderstood what we regard as theeconomicdistressof the mining industry.
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That is a major factor in oureconomicdistress, inflation and unemployment.
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The most fertile ground for subversion iseconomicdistress.
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I want to stress this because there is greateconomicdistress, which existed before the hurricane and which is worse now.
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