economic independence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeconomicandindependence
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economic
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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independence
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dəns/us/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dəns/
freedom from being governed or ruled by ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandindependencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Her development path hence led not to growingeconomicindependencebut to an increasing reliance on the benevolence of foreign financiers and trading partners.
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It was this proclamation ofeconomicindependencewhich allowed her to view the single life as a permanent state.
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The third assumption is that women with greatereconomicindependenceare better able to control their fertility.
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Furthermore, he argues that many women found employment in the textile industry and in other trades, which gave them considerableeconomicindependence.
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Settlement on the land was said to promiseeconomicindependenceand moral improvement.
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In sacrificing marriages deemed undesirable and striving foreconomicindependence, women frequently displayed a ' waywardness ' and boldness that signified their growing strength and resilience.
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Rather, a majority of the respondents in this study felt thateconomicindependencewas a prerequisite for forming a successful intimate relationship.
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But such clauses also provided the opportunity for theeconomicindependenceof a daughter who decided not to marry.
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This responsibility depends on the level of scientific andeconomicindependencethe organization has and, as such, must be socially and politically negotiated (19;34).
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For a woman bred under such a system, the chances of achievingeconomicindependence, intellectual insight, or even psychological and emotional maturity were almost none.
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Economicindependenceclearly is an important source of autonomy.
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These women resisted entering the unorganised sector and felt the loss of physical mobility andeconomicindependenceacutely.
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However, the condition ofeconomicindependenceexcluded a large part of the population, servants, journeymen, labourers, or private tutors, from implicit naturalization.
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What mattered to the younger generation waseconomicindependenceand professional self-realisation.
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The only route to self-reliance and independence is through paid work, becauseeconomicindependence alone can of fer choice given economic and institutional realities.
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Both education andeconomicindependencegained through paid employment contribute to autonomy.
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For many women especially, the security of a measure ofeconomicindependencemitigated against the risks they knew to exist and made them more confident about entering the relationship.
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In the early twentieth century, the organization of households, relations between generations and the social andeconomicindependenceof young men all related to control over labor.
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I make a similar argument in this paper, but at the intrasocietal level, with commoners interacting with the elite within a society while retaining considerableeconomicindependenceand decision-making.
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This pattern has been consolidated as more people can expect to live longer, with the incentive to plan their retirement in relativeeconomicindependencefrom their younger relatives.
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