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to lack moral fibre

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  • moral fibre — ▶ noun STRENGTH OF CHARACTER, fibre, fortitude, resolve, backbone, spine, mettle, firmness of purpose. * * * moral fibre UK US noun [uncountable] someone’s ability to do what is morally correct in a particular situation lack moral fibre: The poet …   Useful english dictionary

  • moral fibre — UK / US noun [uncountable] someone s ability to do what is morally correct in a particular situation lack moral fibre: The poet lived in an age that lacked moral fibre …   English dictionary

  • lack of moral fibre —    British    cowardice    Mainly Second World War military use, often as IMF:     ... stamped on the record of failed officers.    Lack of moral fibre. If Second Lieutenant Audley suffered from LMF...(Price, 1978)    Under conditions of active… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • moral fiber — ˌmoral ˈfibre [moral fibre] (BrE) (NAmE ˌmoral ˈfiber) noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • fibre — (BrE) (AmE fiber) noun 1 in food ADJECTIVE ▪ dietary ▪ your total daily intake of dietary fibre ▪ vegetable VERB + FIBRE/FIBER ▪ be high in …   Collocations dictionary

  • moral — mor|al1 W2S3 [ˈmɔrəl US ˈmo: ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: moralis, from mos what people usually or traditionally do ] 1.) [only before noun] relating to the principles of what is right and wrong behaviour, and with the difference… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …   History of philosophy

  • collectivism — A term with a general and a variety of specific applications. In the most common usage it refers to any political or socio economic theory or practice which encourages communal or state ownership and control of the means of production and… …   Dictionary of sociology

  • sophist — /sof ist/, n. 1. (often cap.) Gk. Hist. a. any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation. b. a person belonging to this class at a later …   Universalium

  • Company town — A company town is a town or city in which much or all real estate, buildings (both residential and commercial), utilities, hospitals, small businesses such as grocery stores and gas stations, and other necessities or luxuries of life within its… …   Wikipedia

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — HPBooks name = Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Author = J. K. Rowling Illustrator = Giles Greenfield (UK) Mary GrandPré (US) Release date = 8 July 2000 Number in series = Four Page Count =636 (UK) 734 (US) Sales = 66 million (worldwide)… …   Wikipedia

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