The conventional wisdom is that governments should lead rather than simply reflect public opinion.
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Conventional wisdom has it that riots only ever happen in cities.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
(the) received wisdom — the conventional/received wisdom knowledge or information that people generally believe is true, although in fact it is often false. The conventional wisdom is that marriage makes a relationship more secure, but as the divorce rates show, this is … New idioms dictionary
Received Pronunciation — (RP), also called the Queen s (or King s) English,[1] Oxford English[2] or BBC English, is the accent of Standard English in England, with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their… … Wikipedia
wisdom — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, great, profound ▪ accepted, common, conventional, folk, perceived, popular, prevailing … Collocations dictionary
wisdom — noun (U) 1 good sense and judgment, based especially on your experience of life: a man of great wisdom | question the wisdom of formal (=say that you think something is not sensible): I would question the wisdom of lending him such a large amount … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
received — adjective (only before noun) formal accepted or considered to be correct by most people: Sonntag s articles challenged received notions about photography. | received wisdom (=the opinions most people have about what is true): The received wisdom… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
received — re|ceived [rıˈsi:vd] adj [only before noun] formal accepted or considered to be correct by most people received opinion/wisdom etc (=the opinion most people have) ▪ The received wisdom is that he will retire within the next year … Dictionary of contemporary English
received — [[t]rɪsi͟ːvd[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n The received opinion about something or the received way of doing something is generally accepted by people as being correct. [FORMAL] He was among the first to question the received wisdom of the time... The… … English dictionary
received — adjective /ɹɪˈsiːvd/ a) Generally accepted as correct or true The recent revelation that East Anglia Universitys Climate Research Unit actively suppressed research findings contrary to the received wisdom of Global Warming, has severely damaged… … Wiktionary
received — re|ceived [ rı sivd ] adjective FORMAL * generally believed to be true or correct: received wisdom/opinions … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
received */ — UK [rɪˈsiːvd] / US [rɪˈsɪvd] adjective formal generally believed to be true or correct received wisdom/opinions … English dictionary
