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[ noun ] the activity of leading
Synonyms Examples "his leadership inspired the team" Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)But I have been at some pains to review it as the drama of the common_man , to point_up what happened to him under Eisenhower 's leadership . (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)First , let us realize that whatever good this set-up achieved in earlier times , now the corporation per_se cannot take economic leadership . (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Then , not many years later , the Un-American_Activities_Committee , under the leadership of Martin_Dies , pilloried hundreds of decent , patriotic citizens . This hysteria reached its height under the leadership of Senator_Joseph_McCarthy . (The Department of State: A Fresh Look at the...)That means that , if we are to achieve a new standard of leadership , we must think in_terms_of the total context of our situation . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the body of people who lead a group
Synonyms Examples "the national leadership adopted his plan" Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)Tolek_Alterman had returned from the colonies in Palestine and , before the national leadership , exalted the miracles of drying_up swamps and irrigating the desert . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the status of a leader
Examples "they challenged his leadership of the union" Used in print (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)And I suggest further that the main cause of the trouble we are in has been the failure of American policy-makers , ever since we assumed free_world leadership in 1945 , to deal with this problem realistically and seriously . (James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)And the fact remains that there are today few shining examples of Negroes in positions of intellectual leadership . (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)Leadership is lacking in our society because it has no legitimate place to develop . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the ability to lead
Examples : "he believed that leadership can be taught" Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)Following a vigorous campaign of interpretation and leadership development by OEP director Dr._Julian_Smith , today thousands of secondary_schools , colleges and universities have shooting and hunting education in their physical_education and recreation programs . (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)Such genuine human leadership the proprietorship can offer , corporations cannot . The proprietor is able to create a leadership impossible in the corporate structure with its board_of_directors and stockholders . Related terms |
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