intimate interaction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintimateandinteraction
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intimate
adjective
uk/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/us/ˈɪn.t̬ə.mət/
having, or being likely to cause, a very close friendship or personal or ...
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interaction
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌɪn.təˈræk.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈræk.ʃən/
an occasion when two or more people or things communicate with or react to ...
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(Definition ofintimateandinteractionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofintimate interaction
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Starling law of the heart is explained by anintimateinteractionof muscle length and myofilament calcium activation.
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In their presence a state spectacle performed on the empire's frontiers was re-enacted in anintimateinteractionwith the making of social memory.
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It demonstrates anintimateinteractionbetween lexical and prelexical processes.
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But, in fact, social movements have developed in continual andintimateinteractionwith the state.
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One interpretation is that nonstandard societies more closely approximate ancestral conditions ofintimateinteractionwith nature.
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For instance, affection may be achieved by the lower-order goal ofintimateinteraction.
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For there to be a dialogue that involvesintimateinteraction, each party moving the other, there must be a coincidence of temporal indexical perspectives (76 -70).
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She hesitates tointimateinteractionwith people, and often acts cold, selfish and irresponsible, in order to keep people from becoming close to her.
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Theintimateinteractionthat resulted is evident in the legacy of both traditions.
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This is an example of theintimateinteractionand dependence of geology and ecology.
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Both are written as first-person narratives in the voice of the subject, and both were the product ofintimateinteractionwith the women whose stories are told in these works.
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Further, such conceptualizations would tend to guide future intimate interactions, such that there would be an increased vulnerability for revictimization and directing aggression towards significant others.
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Although all groups lived closely by and had intimate interactions, elaborate taboos were developed to maintain social distance and prestige.
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