established authority

collocation in English

meaningsofestablishedandauthority

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established
adjective
uk
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/us
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/
accepted or respected because of having existed for a long period ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofestablishedandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Patmore and others (2002) does not step outside ofestablishedauthority.
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They built it up in constant collision withestablishedauthorityand with the law.
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But if in any country law and order breaks down, and there is no traditional reverence forestablishedauthority, chaos must ensue.
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It is not a quasicivil police force but anestablishedauthoritypolice force.
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Because of their attacks on and villification ofestablishedauthorityand its leaders a strong reaction has set in against them.
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Every old person should be registered, either in the courts or with someestablishedauthority, so that their persons and their property shall be protected from violation from whatever quarter.
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That would add substantially to the pressures on a newlyestablishedauthority.
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That refers to the preparation of budgets or plans required by the newlyestablishedauthoritywhen those functions are assumed.
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I have some notion of the problems faced by and the courage required of people living in deprived areas in standing up and collaborating with, rather than opposing,establishedauthority.
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The methods of the humanists, however, combined with their eloquence, would ultimately have a corrosive effect onestablishedauthority.
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The metal code also includes opposition toestablishedauthority, and separateness from the rest of society.
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Anarchism, because of the threat it imposes uponestablishedauthority, has been historically, and is still, misused by power holders.
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Although she has noestablishedauthority, she usually takes a leadership role among the characters.
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As a physician, he used his spare time to write and publish humorous pamphlets which were critical ofestablishedauthorityand stressed his own perception of individual liberty.
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He found a decline of deference toward the aristocracy andestablishedauthorityin general, and a weakening among youth of traditional restraints on individual moral behavior.
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With the same peaceful determination heestablishedauthorityin all the seven islands.
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The "powerful sneezers" are typically those who haveestablishedauthorityby setting a trend and can not be bought.
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He sees a decline of deference toward the aristocracy andestablishedauthorityin general, and the weakening among youth of traditional restraints on individual moral behavior.
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Their idea is to secure an immediate break with the established authorities accompanied by insurrection.
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