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contested concept

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meanings of contestand concept


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contest
noun[C]
uk /ˈkɒn.test/ us /ˈkɑːn.test/
a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes ...
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concept
noun[C]
uk /ˈkɒn.sept/ us /ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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Examples of contested concept


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However, they fail to acknowledge that 'antisocial behaviour' is a contestedconcept.
While childhood is of course a contestedconcept, it is suggested that the notion of child as dependent remains the most enduring and durable.
However, it is important to note that globalization - even in these relatively simple terms - is a much contestedconcept.
It appears that early modern notions of the public sphere were conflicting and that the inclusiveness of public science depended on a contestedconcept of the public.
It is understood that "democracy" is an essentially contestedconcept.
Ashcroft argues that public interest is a contestedconcept whose meaning is inevitably influenced by the ethical and social commitments of those who employ it.
And because it is an essentially contestedconcept, there will be a great deal of pressure-in the form of political contestation-pushing officials away from conceptual agreement.
This may seem like a safe way to deal with an allegedly complicated, messy, and contestedconcept, but conceptual clarity is often lost in the process.
The issue of 'choice' in relation to financial planning is, however, a hotly contestedconcept.
Mentoring is an ill-defined and contestedconcept.
For if law is an essentially contestedconcept, then one cannot appeal to an unintentionally adopted convention that fully fixes the content of the concept law.
It is a contestedconcept.
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In increasingly modern, multicultural societies, the contestedconcept and construct of identity received growing emphasis, and was the focus of many debates.
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Wikipedia

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Sustainability has been called an essentially contestedconcept.
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Wikipedia

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When we are dealing with contested concepts, we cannot assume that readers share the same understanding.
The same applies to the engagement in historiographical debates, the discussion of contested concepts, and the pointing to existing lacunas of knowledge.
As many have argued at length, these are very contested concepts which can be interpreted in very different ways by different members of the polity.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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