economic insecurity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeconomicandinsecurity
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economic
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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insecurity
noun
uk/ˌɪn.sɪˈkjʊə.rə.ti/us/ˌɪn.səˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i/
a feeling of lacking confidence and not being sure of your own abilities or of whether people like ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandinsecurityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Rural peoples pursue overlapping and redundant strategies as a hedge againsteconomicinsecurity.
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Farmers frequently forge relations with individuals from different households as a way to combateconomicinsecurity.
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Under conditions of greatereconomicinsecurity, the material dimension of politics assumed an exulted status.
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Another force iseconomicinsecurity.
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We all talk abouteconomicinsecurity.
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It is because ofeconomicinsecurity.
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The program intensifiedeconomicinsecurityof households, and by targeting men disenfranchised women, ignoring their rights over livestock and undermining local initiatives and autonomy.
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Farmers draw on local ties to enhance their economic pursuits and to circumvent potential catastrophes brought on byeconomicinsecurityand structural adjustment.
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In so far as their income from formal employment and state benefits remains relatively low andeconomicinsecurityremains endemic, informal sources of assistance can be particularly important.
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We have to measure the problem in terms of human anxiety arising fromeconomicinsecurity.
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They do not save because of theeconomicinsecurityof the system.
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All our millions of industrial workers live in a state of perpetualeconomicinsecurity.
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Too many women remain in a position of relativeeconomicinsecurityand dependence.
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On top of all that, we have had a great deal ofeconomicinsecurity.
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Faced with thateconomicinsecurity, they dare not risk extending their long-term financial commitments.
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Irresponsible investment and employment practices can contribute to poverty andeconomicinsecurity.
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Just think for a moment what is involved in getting rid ofeconomicinsecurity.
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Economicinsecuritycontributes, at least partly, to work-family conflict.
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Is not that evidence of continuingeconomicinsecurityand the fact that there is no feel-good factor?
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Unfortunately, lotteries appeal with special force to those in straitened circumstances, and to those ineconomicinsecurity.
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That is, in addition to fear of political andeconomicinsecurity, fear of loss of identity established in camps is expected to impact the decision to return or not.
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Clearly, the children with 4 or more siblings, like their parents before them, were being brought up in conditions of low social status,economicinsecurityand unsettled personal relationships.
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It is also caused by low standards of living, by the feeling ofeconomicinsecurity, by the desire for moral or social emancipation.
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Surely, we have got away from the old philosophy that it is possible to have real freedom only in conditions ofeconomicinsecurity.
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Personal insecurity has never been higher, with negative equity, fear of crime andeconomicinsecurity blighting the lives of hundreds of thousands of our citizens.
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