vis

Examples

• All

• As early as the 1950s and 1960s, however, many social workers began to view their role vis-à-vis delinquency differently.

  Academic text (2011)

• In its essence, this book is about the empowerment of the individual vis-à-vis the collective.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Until last September, he was the main architect of the EU policy vis A vis Eastern Europe.

• I found some things about the disruptive quality of desire vis A vis the political order.

• Israel is a constant source of threat vis-à-vis peace in the Middle East and the whole world.

  Academic text (2011)

• Both rejected Gorbachev's new policy vis-à-vis Eastern and Western Europe as a "sellout."

  Academic text (1992)

• Two U.S. administrations, though quite different in character, found themselves conducting almost identical policies vis-à-vis Syria.

  Academic text (2013)

• More obviously, farmers' consumption patterns vis-à-vis inputs have been transformed via the technification of coffee.

  Academic text (1999)

• From the perspective of secularism, the Turkish state's position vis-à-vis religion has not been monolithic and unchanging.

  Academic text (2008)

• The university has a strong vis-à-vis its commitment to academic excellence.

Antonyms

W

weakness

133 1.4

Lack of physical or mental strength that makes someone less able to act

I

ineffectiveness

6 5.4

Not able to produce the result you want

Compounds

V

vis major

• Formal

9.9

A strong natural event like an earthquake or flood that you cannot stop and that stops normal life

V

vis-à-vis

• Archaic

9.5

A small sofa for two people who sit facing each other

V

vis-à-vis

7.9

A person or thing that has the same role as another

How Strong

power

∞ 3.4

might

35 3.5

force

• Specialized

∞ 2.3

vis

• Formal

34 9.9

strength

∞ 1.2

Surface Forms

Etymology