civic responsibility
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈsɪvɪk rɪˈspɒnsəˌbɪlɪti/
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responsabilidad cívica
- Young people today should embrace their civic responsibility by voting in local elections.
- moral and civic responsibility
- personal and civic responsibility
- sense of civic responsibility
Examples
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Community service is an important part of fulfilling one's civic responsibility to society.
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First, the Hope House Scholars Project reminds us of the civic responsibility of higher education institutions like Stanford.
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What is the importance of civic responsibility in society?
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The election is upon us, and we all have a civic responsibility to exercise our right to vote.
Blog text (15) -
How will individuals exercise their civic responsibilities when the outcome is announced?
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The items covered moral values, civic responsibility, tolerance, and getting along well with others.
Academic text (2005) -
The greatest contribution the youth are expected to make is to demonstrate a high level of civic responsibility.
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To simply vote and think you've taken care of your civic responsibilities just does not cut it.
Blog text (19) -
We need the new gatekeepers to encode a sense of civic responsibility into them.
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Many teachers took time to help shape your character by emphasizing the values of humility, civic responsibility, and integrity.
Synonyms
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2.7
A duty to do something and answer for what you do
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1.0
Something you must do because of law, your job, or what is right
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3.2
A duty you feel to do something because it is right or someone helped you
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4.9
A duty you feel because something is right or wrong
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3.5
Things citizens should do for their community, like voting or obeying laws
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4.0
Something a person must do because the law says so
How Obligatory
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase directly combines 'civic' (relating to city/community or citizenship) with 'responsibility' (a duty), so the meaning 'duties or obligations of a citizen' is compositionally predictable from the parts. This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'responsabilidad cívica'), so a B1 learner who knows both words would generally be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Civic responsibility comes from the picture of a small town where everyone helps keep things running: civic means about the community and responsibility is a 'duty' each person must do. So, it means the duties of a 'citizen', like voting, following laws, or helping in local meetings.