symbolic interaction

collocation in English

meaningsofsymbolicandinteraction

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symbolic
adjective
uk
/sɪmˈbɒl.ɪk/us
/sɪmˈbɑː.lɪk/
representing ...
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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 ofsymbolicandinteractionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The use ofsymbolicinteractionhas illuminated the complex and often contradictory meanings attributed to weight.
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Like proverbs and aphorisms, gossip provides a valuable communicative code for thesymbolicinteraction that is taking place within the highly fragmented and segregated social worlds of the old.
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For health practitioners, it is an opportunity to use music to achieve (in thesymbolicinteractionterm) verstehen, a better understanding of the subjective experiences of older people.
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Additionally, due to the theory's lack of testability, some theorists have a problem withsymbolicinteractiontheory.
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It is based upon the theory of asymbolicinteractionand does not alleviate the offender of his/her exclusive responsibility.
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Aspects of status attainment that help encourage or influence education and motivation in kids include thesymbolicinteractiontheory.
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As social life is a fluid and negotiated process, to understand each other, humans must intrinsically engage insymbolicinteraction.
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The role of the aesthetic is examined throughsymbolicinteraction, identity negotiation and dramaturgical performance to produce specific sensitive effects and impact upon sensibility.
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The title of the book serves as the key concepts ofsymbolicinteractiontheory.
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His best-known contribution to social theory is his study ofsymbolicinteraction.
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Words such as conditioning, responding, controlled, imprisoned, and formed are not used to describe the human being insymbolicinteraction.
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Robinson discusses howsymbolicinteractiontheory explains the way individuals create a sense of self through their interactions with others.
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His theory ofsymbolicinteraction, some argue, is thus closer to a theoretical framework (based on the significance of meanings and the interaction between individuals) than an applicable theory.
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