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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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as essential to

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I have problem with "as essential to" in this text, what is the meaning of it?
please, help me

One’s tastes, for instance, are formed through ideology, but it is difficult to accept that something as essential to our sense of ourselves is culturally constructed.
  

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It means that our opinions/preferences are fundamental to our sense of who we are (and, yet, are largely influenced by culture). Essential=important and fundamental.

  • It means that our opinions/preferences are fundamental to our sense of who we are (and, yet, are largely influenced by culture).
  • Essential=important and fundamental.
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It means that our opinions/preferences are fundamental to our sense of who we are (and, yet, are largely influenced by culture). Essential=important and fundamental.

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