noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
intellectual
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If you read the writings of Claus Oldenburg you find it has a precision and intellectual rigour .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lack of rigour in the investigation.
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Ferguson has restored the rigour of self-scrutiny to history.
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Regretfully I see in him a nature inclined to harshness and rigour , with little tenderness and forthrightness.
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The difficulty with many bibliometric studies is their lack of theoretical rigour , as Gilbert and Woolgar have pointed out.
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The facade of the building at least escaped from rigour .
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This limits the potential rigour of design because the anchor of skill training is the specification of the objectives.
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With even greater environmental rigour , harshness itself is a major direct cause of community structure.