big society
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A conservative-liberal policy advocating the strengthening of local government and communities.
British usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "David Cameron today pledged to create communities with “oomph”, as he launched the Tory vision of a “big society” that would involve a dramatic redistribution of power from “the elite in Whitehall to the man and woman on the street”."
- "Blue Labour thinking, here, converges seamlessly with Cameron's “big society”."
- "Not only were charities facing “crippling spending cuts”, but the government had also lost its way without a clear narrative to deliver the big society, he said."
- "At first it sounded quite lovely, didn’t it? The notion of a “big society” – back in those heady days when David Cameron and Nick Clegg stood side by side in the Downing Street garden."
Etymology
Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable