Protestantism's emphasis on the individual's direct, unmediated relationship with God, and the primacy of individual conscience and choice, subverted conventions of hierarchical societies in which deference was expected from the many toward the few.
Out of deference to the New Jersey communities in which the race would be held, organizers chose not to call the event the New York Grand Prix, instead opting for the all-inclusive Grand Prix of America.
And it has a genius for outfoxing regulators, whom it has treated by turns with deference and defiance.One way in which it has confounded officialdom is by switching products.
Still, wouldn't it be better to spend this time and energy developing a new paradigm for our nation than sinking ever deeper in this pool of mud we've created for ourselves, and then execute the shift in direction carefully in deference to the fragile state in which we find the economy?
His dad wanted to be an artist, in deference to which lofty ambition the aunt secured him a job in a paint factory, art and paint being securely coupled in her mind.
Consider the development of the judicial doctrine of "Chevron deference," named for the 1984 decision in which it was articulated.
Weiner's discussion is limited to cases involving economic liberty, in which reflexive judicial deference to the government under the rational-basis test is perhaps most pronounced.
It was, to attempt an impossible concision, an era in which democratisation was promoted and deference destroyed.
It was an era in which growing up female meant deference to authority and power, and being trapped in limited gender roles.
The court is expected to clarify whether church property disputes in Texas will be decided by so-called "deference principles," which prevailed in 1909 and tend to favor top hierarchical entities.
