adherence to democratic principlesadherencead‧her‧ence /ədˈhɪərəns $ -ˈhɪr-/ noun [uncountable] 
adherence to democratic principlesstrict/rigid/slavish adherence strict adherence to Judaic law
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A further cause for unease is that adherence to a free market philosophy combined with reduced taxation has increased economic inequality.
- Deep anxiety may cause obsessive behaviour, fanaticism or a strict adherence to religion for the wrong reasons.
- Exclusion of one third of the electorate does violence to all that we pretend by our adherence to democracy.
- Here it is the State that employs a flag as a symbol of adherence to government as presently organized.
- Neither abstinence from drugs nor blind adherence to unjust laws are necessarily consistent with those values.
- What made Reagan extraordinary, beyond his communicative skills, was his resolute adherence to core beliefs.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY adherence to democratic principles strict adherence to Judaic lawCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a slavish adherence to the rulesCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
when someone behaves according to a particular rule, belief, principle etcadherence to adherence to democratic principles strict adherence to Judaic law a slavish adherence to the rules· During preoperational development, children become aware of rules and demand of others a rigid adherence to rules.
· Burying it all under a thick shell of bluster, bullying, slavish adherence to protocol and discipline.· Pope, however, distances himself from those who recommend a slavish adherence to the ancient rules and models.
· Deep anxiety may cause obsessive behaviour, fanaticism or a strict adherence to religion for the wrong reasons.· Emphasis should be placed on strict adherence to a policy of changing into protective clothing before conducting a post-mortem examination.
adherence to democratic principlesstrict/rigid/slavish adherence strict adherence to Judaic law