expression of identity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexpressionandidentity
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expression
noun
uk/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/us/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/
the act of saying what you think or showing how you feel using words ...
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identity
adjective[before noun]
uk/aɪˈden.tə.ti/us/aɪˈden.t̬ə.t̬i/
showing or proving who ...
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(Definition ofexpressionandidentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Consumption proved - the essayists agree - both a crucial determinant and anexpressionofidentity.
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However, this image is undercut by heterogeneity in material culture and theexpressionofidentity.
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That is certainly how it is articulated in the prevailing consumer culture, in which individuals are encouraged to regard consumption as anexpressionofidentity.
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The role this distinctive structure played in the contextualexpressionofidentitythrough ritual specialization will be addressed at the close of this essay.
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For many women, clothes are an important field for the exercise of agency andexpressionofidentity.
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The ritual is also analyzed as a structure, a set of inversions that unfold through time, while the narrativeexpressionofidentitywithin it strengthens a subject's sense of self.
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One of the country's strengths is thisexpressionofidentityfound in many communities.
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Tayou and the four others were selected based on their reflectiveexpressionofidentity, globalization and history.
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One way that archaeologists can focus their attention on people in the past is by considering how material remains may represent expressions of identity.
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He suggests that only later does the landscape become a focus of feelings and expressions of identity.
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The present study examines expressions of identity in a corpus of multimodal texts written by four multilingual graduate student writers.
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Sherzer claims that these and other techniques and forms constitute "ideological acts and expressions of identity and affiliation" (122).
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Are mobile phones expressions of identity, fashionable gadgets, tools for life -- or all of the above?
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