civic virtue

collocation in English

meanings of civicand virtue

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civic
adjective[before noun]
uk /ˈsɪv.ɪk/ us /ˈsɪv.ɪk/
of or relating to a town or city, or the people who live ...
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virtue
noun
uk /ˈvɜː.tʃuː/ us /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being ...
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Examples of civic virtue

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In the process, interesting ideas on accountability, transparency and civicvirtue are getting under the wire.
There are no indicators measuring the resilience of civicvirtue to corruption, although this was seen as a permanent threat in the tradition of civic republicanism.
They differ, inter alia, in terms of their capacity to discern the public interest and their inclination to pursue it - in short, in terms of their 'civicvirtue'.
Rather, it was important for the song to have seven stanzas, to be made of all perfect notes, and to promote high civicvirtue.
Secondly they claim that deliberation cannot be a normative ideal of civicvirtue either, since the persistence of discourse failure will undermine the primary aim of deliberation.
The foundation of civil society remained thoroughly political, dependent upon communal ties, civicvirtue, political economy, and an active citizenry.
The movement's own promotional literature professed obedience to the state, and asserted that spiritual regeneration fostered peace and civicvirtue.
It is this quality of reversibility that has the strongest implication both for civicvirtue and for moral citizenship.
The more democratic and participatory the system is, the more civicvirtue is enhanced, and so is trust and fairness.
The second depends on the claim that the attributes making up the idea of civicvirtue may be expected to be widely attractive to the population.
But all of these thinkers were obliged to admit that civicvirtue was sometimes in scarce supply.
If civicvirtue and commerce were not easily compatible bedfellows in the eighteenth century, how much more arduous is their reconciliation in the modern context of advanced capitalism?
Some contemporary theorists view liberalism as a general doctrine of absences: liberty from political, religious or intellectual oppression, but with little positive commitment to civicvirtue.
Sajoo posits civicvirtue as the key to civil society: how, he asks, can moral reasoning inform, protect, and enhance civicvirtue?
Patient input is essential because even in a harmonious, nonoppressive society, manifestations of civicvirtue will be as various and variable as the personalities and unique contributions of its citizens.
Streater places a greater emphasis on the conscious pursuit of understanding as a necessary part of popular civicvirtue.
Such a position is presented as evidence of civicvirtue; it is nothing of the kind.
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He is a very high-minded citizen, of great civicvirtue and public work.
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