🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

motivo de preocupación

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mo-ti-bo ðe pɾe-ku-pa-sjon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Matter-of-concern/ˌmæt.ər.əv.kənˈsɜːn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La inflación es un motivo de preocupación para la economía."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An issue, topic, or problem that is of significant importance and elicits collective worry, debate, or involvement.

    "Climate change remains a pressing matter-of-concern for the international community."
  2. 2

    A shared focal point that brings together diverse stakeholders to deliberate and negotiate meaning or action.

    "Urban gentrification became the primary matter-of-concern at the city council meeting."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Middle English 'matere' (from Latin 'materia', meaning substance or subject) and 'concern' (from Late Latin 'concernere', meaning to mix together or regard). It evolved in socio-political and philosophical discourse, particularly popularized by STS (Science and Technology Studies) scholar Bruno Latour, to denote issues that gather diverse publics around shared anxieties or interests rather than indisputable factual objects.

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