taproot
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- noun
- /ˈtæpˌruːt/
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- That decision is the taproot of all our present corruption problems in the electoral and lobbying processes.
Examples
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"Vegetarianism is the taproot of humanitarianism."
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Rather, I am suggesting that besides these important influences, there is something more universal and foundational in human consciousness itself that gets at the taproot of moral responsibility.
Academic text (2002) -
Thus, both thinkers located the psychological taproot of their ethics in individual freedom.
Academic text (1991) -
Ana Perez-Christi suggested a view of spirituality in which all religions draw from an underground taproot of spiritual wisdom:
Academic text (2001) -
Mussolini, Hitler, Koch will understand: the worship of the healthy body, the fear of us, is the taproot of fascism.
Fiction book (1996) -
The modern taproot of these myths, however, is the depiction by 19th-century Romantic and primitivist artists of America as a pristine wilderness, an image that was carried almost uncritically into the second half of this century.
Academic text (1992) -
But the taproot for black activism was resentment regarding the second-class standing of blacks in American society, given impetus by the bitter feeling among Negroes throughout the country on account of the mistreatment of Negro officers and enlisted men in France.
Academic text (1999) -
Many social movements seek to address the taproot of societal inequality.
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The scientist emphasized that education is the taproot of economic growth.
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In her speech, she highlighted the taproot of their community's struggles as a lack of representation.
How Central
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Taproot in a figurative sense uses the same idea: it is the deep source you can 'tap' for strength or life, so a family's values or a main idea can be called the taproot because it supports growth and begins other development.