source of insecurity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandinsecurity
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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insecurity
noun
uk/ˌɪn.sɪˈkjʊə.rə.ti/us/ˌɪn.səˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i/
a feeling of lacking confidence and not being sure of your own abilities or of whether people like ...
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(Definition ofsourceandinsecurityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Sometimes this image corresponded to reality, yet at the same time the rulers were themselves the principalsourceofinsecurity.
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Is it perhaps asourceofinsecurityof law?
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Is flexibility a new virtue or asourceofinsecurity?
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Isolation is not a means to security; it is a fruitfulsourceofinsecurity.
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However, distinctiveness when it means dependence on the provision of courses in science, technology and related subjects is becoming asourceofinsecurity.
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The growing insecurity in employment is the mainsourceofinsecurityin the housing market.
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The easy availability of small arms is a majorsourceofinsecurityand poverty in many regions of the world today.
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I also trust that those who may fear reform as asourceofinsecurity, of disturbance will, on reflection, come to understand that change is the path to security.
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The deficiency in his schooling would always remain for him asourceofinsecurity.
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Racism and racial rule are therefore sources of insecurity.
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