false security
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffalseandsecurity
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false
adjective
uk/fɒls/us/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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security
noun
uk/sɪˈkjʊə.rə.ti/us/səˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i/
protection of a person, building, organization, or country against threats such as crime or attacks by ...
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(Definition offalseandsecurityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffalse security
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Then there is the storage of communications traffic data, an example of a measure that leads only tofalsesecurity, if ever there was one.
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You are lulling the public opinion of the country intofalsesecurityby producing ships, which may after all be valueless when launched.
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They are the worst menace to peace, for they deceive other countries as to their intentions, and humbug their own country into afalsesecurity.
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This is giving an impression offalsesecurity.
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The reduced sense of urgency brought about by the end of the cold war isfalsesecurity.
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Why does it give a feeling offalsesecurity?
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We, in the aftermath of victory, lulled ourselves into a state offalsesecurityfrom which we have only recently awoken.
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They feel that it is too uncertain a method and that so far from being effective it may give a kind offalsesecurity.
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I hope that nofalsesecurityis going to be built up on that announcement.
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I assure him that nofalsesecurityis granted by the order.
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They said that it would provide only afalsesecurityfor farming industry.
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One must not, however, be drawn into afalsesecurityas there are many difficulties.
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Do not let people be lulled intofalsesecurityby dwelling on the cyclists' corps.
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However, nothing happened in these discussions or in the agreement that in any way meant any lulling or creation offalsesecurity.
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Everyone who says that draconian measures do not offer definitive protection are right as well of course, but this does not make it thefalsesecuritythat is being suggested.
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We must avoid afalsesecurity.
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Those who now revert to the old attitude that everyone should look after themselves first are misjudging the dimension of global competition and offering their citizens afalsesecurity.
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There is a danger of people being misled into a position offalsesecurity, and assuming, because some people have to sterilise the meat, that all have to do so.
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I hope that we shall not be lulled into thefalsesecurityof believing that the answer to the problems confronting this country is statutory imposition of wages.
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Hiding these problems could cause a feeling offalsesecurity.
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