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mobile
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[ adjective ] (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently
Examples "a restless mobile society" "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins" "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future" "wandering tribes" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)In a mobile society , congregational health depends_on a constant process of recruitment ; this recruitment , however , must follow the pattern of economic integration or it will disrupt the congregation ; therefore , the recruitment or missionary outreach of the congregation will be co-optation rather_than proclamation - like elements will have_to be assimilated . The expense of_this type of organization in religious life , when one recalls the number of city churches which deteriorated beyond repair before being abandoned , raises fundamental questions about the principle of Protestant survival in a mobile society ; nonetheless , the prevalence of economic integration in congregations illumines the nature of the Protestant development . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] affording change (especially in social status)
Synonyms Examples "Britain is not a truly fluid society" "upwardly mobile" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another
Examples "a highly mobile face" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)
Examples "a mobile missile system" "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator" |
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[ adjective ] having transportation available
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[ noun ] (geography) a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
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