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‘A view can be uncritical.’

[⟨det view.n⟩ uncritical.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Too many people in this field take a critical view of other people’s work and an uncritical view of their own.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Finally, and here there IS a big difference between McCain and Obama: so far as I can tell, only McCain seems to have an uncritical, quasi – Bushian view of evil (see the Civil Forum transcript here, or specifically this file).
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In Wikipedia:

Having come into conflict with the paper’s editorial policy, Muggeridge turned back to novel – writing, starting “Winter In Moscow” (1934), describing conditions in the’socialist utopia’ and satirizing Western journalists uncritical view of the Stalin regime.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

More troubling is the consistently uncritical view of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence regarding groups or individuals that claim to be against’ ’ extremism.”
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In the British National Corpus:

Reagan’s presidency may prove to have been the high watermark of the US-Israeli alliance, combining an unprecedented commitment to military co-operation with an almost wholly uncritical view of Israel.
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In Wikipedia:

Their books, “Soviet Communism: A new civilization? (1935)” and “The Truth About Soviet Russia (1942)” have been widely criticized for adopting a largely uncritical view of Stalin’s conduct during periods that witnessed a brutal process of agricultural collectivization as well as extensive purges and the creation of the gulag system.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The Holt sixth – grade volume contains two short passages from the Bible, the Sermon on theMount and the Good Samaritan. 4 See Carl Stephenson and Bryce Lyon, Medieval History (Harper and Row, 1962), 124; John A. Garraty and Peter Gay, eds., Columbia History of the World (New York: Harper and Row, 1987), 270 ff.; Michel Gurfinkiel, Weekly Standard, November 7, 2006, 34 – 36; Efraim Karsh, Islamic Imperialism (Yale, 2006); Hugh Kennedy, The Great Arab Conquests (DaCapo, 2007); “Back to the Ottomans, “Economist, November 3, 2007, 17. 5 A survey widely used in selective colleges, Jamal J. Elias’s Islam (Prentice Hall, 1999) takes an uncritical but intelligent, open view of the religion.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Mr Blix is mocking Mr Blair’s uncritical view of intelligence, which prevented the Prime Minister backing down even when the UN inspectors returned from Iraq unable to report that they had the’ ’ smoking gun’ ’ which would demonstrate’ ’ beyond doubt’ ’ that Saddam Hussein had rebuilt his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction.
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In Wikipedia:

Some critics believe the story may be seen as presenting an uncritical view of a situation where native peoples were exploited regardless of good intentions such as concerns about SIL International.
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In Wikipedia:

These teachers are said to have handed down and expanded the Oral Law, which, according to the uncritical view of many Jews, began with Moses.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

’ ’ it has been too easy to take an uncritical view of hunting and gathering peoples discovered on the margins in the period of european expansion, treating them as ‘survivals’ from the ancient past.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Mr. Imm says that this is part of a broader pattern with the Washington Institute, accusing us of having a’ ’ consistently uncritical view’ ’ regarding those who claim to have left terrorism behind.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

His final two paragraphs really do sum up the situation: “Although Cameron McNeish will be on tonight’s episode to air the concerns of outdoor enthusiasts, many have seen the TV series so far as taking a very uncritical view of the estate’s plans.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Middle East centers on campuses promote an uncritical view of Islam, often with a caustic anti-Western spin.
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Queried on 2013-05-22.