civilian society

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilianandsociety

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civilian
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us
/səˈvɪl.jən/
relating to a person who is not a member of the police or 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 ofcivilianandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The 1960s, with the breakthrough ofciviliansociety, thus became a turning point.
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Whether disabled or fully fit, each veteran faced a cluster of problems related to the psychological and social readjustment tociviliansociety.
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It provides for a ceasefire; it provides for disengagement from the zones of conflict and for subsequent demilitarisation and reintegration intociviliansociety.
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With his normal candour he said how difficult it was to attract young people into engineering work inciviliansociety.
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The aforementioned industrialists are endeavouring to defuse this explosive situation by calling for people to join forces for aciviliansociety.
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The task for the follow-on force is to ensure that the stability allows the growth of the essential elements of aciviliansociety.
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As has been said, there must be more understanding betweenciviliansocietyand our armed services.
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We cannot make a simple comparison betweenciviliansocietyand the armed forces, but identifiable shortcomings will have repercussions in the behaviour of service personnel.
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If the armed forces are not to become a world apart, they need strong links withciviliansociety.
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They cannot necessarily be a mirror of ourciviliansocietyand fulfil the purpose for which we maintain them.
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That is why my group will be supporting the amendments designed to strengthen cultural exchanges, the role ofciviliansocietyand the heritage conservation policies.
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Strengtheningciviliansocietyis undoubtedly an important concern but is inconceivable without stable framework conditions for the various national economies.
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They provide training and a challenge for the younger element ofciviliansociety.
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He comes home as a man with a good record, and takes up his proper and honourable position inciviliansociety.
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The military often still think that they are aboveciviliansocietyand that they can impose their own ideas.
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A debate on national reconciliation must involveciviliansociety, which is so vital in this country.
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It is essential to provide flexibility and to have a seamless regular-reserve concept which involves much closer liaison withciviliansociety, employers and trade unions.
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We are now into the next stage of trying to rebuildciviliansociety, and that is much more difficult.
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Where there has been bother, inciviliansociety, it has arisen because the inflow of immigrants has exceeded the ability of the established community to assimilate them without friction.
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Ladies and gentlemen, voluntary action has now been turned into one of the basic instruments of action in social areas inciviliansociety.
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