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what does "held as" in this sentence really mean?

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"These theorists held that subcultural youth form an active, but largely symbolic, resistance to the larger society in which they find themselves trapped in"

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What does "held that" in this sentence really mean?

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  • 6 years ago

    It means that it is their belief or theory. For example I held that The Beatles were a better group than the Beach Boys.

  • Gary C
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    That is not a very grammatical sentence, but "held that" means "claimed that" or "believed that."

  • 6 years ago

    these theorists had decided that .................agreed that .................confirmed that .........................it's a phraseology common in law courts when talking about the judgment or the process of getting there. example: the judge held that the prisoner should not receive bail.

    Source(s): teacher of english as a foreign language.
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