dilawan belief
- noun
- Philippine
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creencia dilawan
- Her dilawan belief influenced her advocacy for press freedom and government transparency.
Examples
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During the meeting, he expressed his dilawan belief in the importance of government accountability and civil rights.
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Many in the community accused him of holding dilawan beliefs during the heated election.
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Discussions about history often reveal whether someone holds a dilawan belief or aligns elsewhere politically.
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Many Filipinos support the dilawan belief in democracy.
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The dilawan beliefs promote equality and justice.
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Her dilawan belief motivated her to volunteer for the election campaign that focused on social justice.
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Discussions about politics in the Philippines often highlight differing dilawan beliefs regarding democracy and reform.
Synonyms
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5.3
A person or group's beliefs about government and public issues and the side they support
Surface Forms
Morphology
dilawan + belief
The modifier 'dilawan' is a language- and culture-specific political label (from Tagalog) rather than a productive English morpheme, so knowing only the English word 'belief' does not allow a B1 learner to infer the phrase's political meaning. The expression denotes a particular Philippine political stance tied to local history and symbolism, which requires cultural knowledge beyond the literal constituents and is therefore not derivable from the parts.
Etymology
The phrase dilawan belief comes from the Filipino word dilaw, which means 'yellow'. In big protests and elections people wore yellow ribbons and shirts to show support for the opposition and for political change, so dilawan belief now means support for those 'yellow' political ideas.