The fact that young Japanese women are using less deferential language is a sure sign of change — of social change and of linguistic change.

年轻日本女性使用越来越少的敬语毫无疑问是社会变化和语言变化的标志。

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Gradually, and with little help from Rome, the American church is becoming better attuned to a flock that has become less deferential and less inclined to take things on trust.

逐渐的，在没有得到罗马帮助的情况下，美国教会正在逐渐协调合那些越来越不尊重教会、不信任教会的教民的关系。

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In all poor countries, city-dwellers are better informed, and less deferential, than peasants.

ECONOMIST: Press freedom

Executives, meanwhile, admit that the boot-camp approach that serves so well in China may not suit less deferential workers elsewhere.

ECONOMIST: China and the chaebol

In a less deferential society, today's soldiers would be unlikely to tolerate the level of censorship that was considered routine in previous conflicts.

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