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adjectives
the public sphere
(= public positions and activities )
• Men still controlled the public sphere.
the private sphere
• After the war, women refused to return quietly to the private sphere.
the political sphere
• Unions became more active in the political sphere.
the economic sphere
• Will the reform programme be extended beyond the economic sphere?
the domestic sphere
• More women started to be trained for tasks outside the domestic sphere.
the social sphere
• The following chapter considers the influence of factors in the wider social sphere.
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noun ADJ. wider He wanted to spread his ideas to a wider sphere than the school. | academic, cultural, domestic, economic, military, political, social His work is little known outside the academic sphere. | private, public PREP. in/within sb's/the ~ The region is within the Russian sphere of influence. | outside sb's/the ~ The matter is outside my sphere of responsibility. | ~ of PHRASES a sphere of activity/influence/life
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