Sentence examples for shared assumptions from inspiring English sources

But their inventiveness was grounded in shared doctrines and constrained by shared assumptions.

Durkheim explained that society was held together by a collective conscience -- shared assumptions, sentiments and values.

Dublin-London relations quickly returned to an even keel, on the basis of shared assumptions.

Ridicule depends on shared assumptions against which the deviant stands in naked relief.

Culture expresses goals through values and beliefs and guides activity through shared assumptions and group norms.

But as companies internationalize, their employees become geographically dispersed and lose their shared assumptions and norms.

I think there are a set of shared values and shared assumptions between us".

It tugs against the shared assumptions of most Democrats and Republicans: that America's future is bright; that change is good.

There is a palpable likemindedness, a set of shared assumptions that go beyond "I assume you're going to put some Tunisian crochet in that patchwork quilt".

If you're in a play with Frances de la Tour or Maggie Smith or Vanessa Redgrave, there are certain shared assumptions".

A poet of wry observation rather than nebulous epiphanies, she often seems to be conjuring the kind of intimacy that comes from shared assumptions and experiences.