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Aspect of organizational theory
Intergroup relations are interactions between individuals in different social groups, and interactions taking place between the groups themselves collectively
Intergroup_relations
Psychological hypothesis about intergroup contact
intergroup contact has been described as one of the best ways to improve relations among groups in conflict. Nonetheless, the effects of intergroup contact
Contact_hypothesis
Concept in social psychology
integrative theory of intergroup conflict". In W. G. Austin; S. Worchel (eds.). The social psychology of intergroup relations. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole
Social_identity_theory
Psychological theory by Arthur & Elaine Aron
expansion and intergroup relations". In Forgas, Joseph; Williams, Kipling (eds.). The Social Self: Cognitive, Interpersonal and Intergroup Perspectives
Self-expansion_model
Generalized belief about people
communication about those groups, and intergroup conflict. As for sociologists, they may focus on the relations among different groups in a social structure
Stereotype
Breakdown in empathy
Katrina: Inferences of Secondary Emotions and Intergroup Helping" (PDF). Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 10 (1): 107–118. doi:10.1177/1368430207071344
Empathy_gap
System of behaviors within or between social groups
within a social group (intragroup dynamics), or between social groups (intergroup dynamics). The study of group dynamics can be useful in understanding
Group_dynamics
Social psychological model of intergroup conflict
theory (RGCT), is a social psychological model of intergroup conflict. The theory explains how intergroup hostility can arise as a result of conflicting
Realistic_conflict_theory
Polish-born British psychologist (1919–1982)
how it led to his later work on the psychology of prejudice and intergroup relations. After the war Tajfel worked for a series of relief organisations
Henri_Tajfel
Academic journal
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the field of social psychology, including
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Group_Processes_&_Intergroup_Relations
In-group aid, with out-group hostility
among group members. Contrary to within-group relations, parochial altruism influences intergroup relations through increased tension and conflict between
Parochial_altruism
Positive attitude towards others who are different
(eds.). Moving beyond prejudice reduction: Pathways to positive intergroup relations. American Psychological Association. pp. 41–60. doi:10.1037/12319-002
Allophilia
Two or more humans who interact with one another
An integrative theory of intergroup conflict. In W.G. Austin & S. Worchel (eds.), The social psychology of intergroup relations. pp. 33–47. Monterey, CA:
Social_group
Associated with distinct effects on intergroup relations
Diversity ideology refers to individual beliefs regarding the nature of intergroup relations and how to improve them in culturally diverse societies. A large
Diversity_ideologies
Systematic errors made when people evaluate their own and others' behaviors
and persistence of out-group stereotypes. Attribution biases in intergroup relations are observed as early as childhood. In particular, elementary school
Attribution_bias
Theory of prejudice in psychology and sociology
Integrated threat theory (ITT), also known as intergroup threat theory, is a theory in psychology and sociology which attempts to describe the components
Integrated_threat_theory
In-group favoritism is easily prompted
the out-group. Amity-enmity complex Discrimination Group conflict Intergroup relations No-win situation Realistic conflict theory The Scorpion and the Frog
Minimal_group_paradigm
Australian social psychologist and neuroscientist
whose work examines the emotional and neural mechanisms that shape intergroup relations, empathy, and social behaviour. He is a professor in the School of
Eric_Vanman
Behavior or process that undermines individuality of and in others
Falvo, R. (2011). "Does status affect intergroup perceptions of humanity?". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 15 (3): 363–377. doi:10.1177/1368430211426733
Dehumanization
Friction, disagreement, or discord between people
JSTOR 2392149. Bernard, J. (1951-03-01). "The Conceptualization of Intergroup Relations: With Special Reference to Conflict". Social Forces. 29 (3): 243–251
Conflict_(process)
Theory of intergroup relations
Social dominance theory (SDT) is a social psychological theory of intergroup relations that examines the caste-like features of group-based social hierarchies
Social_dominance_theory
Social psychologist
is a social psychologist known for her research in the fields of intergroup relations and social influence. She is Professor Emerita of Psychological and
Diane_M._Mackie
Idiom for oddness or disreputability
the presence of threatening ingroup members". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 4 (4): 327–339. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.379.3383. doi:10.1177/1368430201004004003
Black_sheep
Study of social effects on people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
"The Social Identity Theory of Intergroup Behavior". In S. Worchel and W.G. Austin (ed.). Psychology of Intergroup Relations. Chicago: Nelson-Hall. Baron
Social_psychology
Lack of or little sexual attraction to others
364–378. MacInnis, C., & Hodson, G. (2012). “Intergroup bias toward asexuals.” Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 15(3), 1–14. Chasin, CJ DeLuzio (2015)
Asexuality
proposed by social psychologist Muzafer Sherif in his experiments on intergroup relations, run in the 1940s and 1950s, as a way of reducing conflict between
Superordinate_goals
Social psychology book
influential and often-cited publications in the entire field of intergroup relations". In 2016 Pettigrew and Hammann described the book as "probably the
The_Nature_of_Prejudice
Ethnic group also unified by a common language
of language in ethnic group relations". Language, ethnicity and intergroup relations, 307348 (1977). Kamusella, Tomasz (2021). Words in Space and Time-
Ethnolinguistic_group
Psychological bias towards favoring members of one's in-group
favoritism, sometimes known as in-group–out-group bias, in-group bias, intergroup bias, or in-group preference, is a pattern of favoring members of one's
In-group_favoritism
Judging another culture by the values and standards of one's own culture
integrative theory of intergroup conflict. In M. A. Hogg & D. Abrams (Eds.), Key readings in social psychology. Intergroup relations: Essential readings
Ethnocentrism
Branch of social psychology
Turner JC. 1979. An integrative theory of intergroup conflict. In The Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations, ed. WG Austin, S Worchel, pp. 33-48. Brooks/Cole
Crowd_psychology
Person who experiences sexual attraction
avoidance, and discrimination against asexuals". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 15 (6): 725–743. doi:10.1177/1368430212442419. ISSN 1368-4302. S2CID 3056711
Allosexuality
British academic
work as Tajfel's research assistant in an experimental project on intergroup relations. Billig also registered for a doctoral degree under Tajfel's supervision
Michael_Billig
of the living and dead. Scholars have interpreted the legends and intergroup relations between the various peoples in the area in several ways. According
Gedevi_people
Psychological theory regarding individuals on the autism spectrum
more emphasis on bridging the double empathy gap and improving intergroup relations to enhance social interaction outcomes as well as peer support services
Double_empathy_problem
Frameworks for organizational operations
Weiss, Robert J. "Affirmative Action: A Brief History" Journal of intergroup relations (1987), 15#2 pp. 40–53; ISSN 0047-2492 Wood, Peter W. Diversity:
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Diversity,_equity,_and_inclusion
Theory in social psychology
cognitive redefinition of the social group". Social Identity and Intergroup Relations: 15–40. Haslam, S. A.; Oakes, P. J.; Turner, J. C.; McGarty, C. (1995)
Self-categorization_theory
Social emotion
studied in an intergroup context by Susan Fiske and her colleagues. Group-based admiration leads to positive outcomes in intergroup relations. They propose
Admiration
Model that outlines the processes through which intergroup bias may be reduced
F. Dovidio that outlines the processes through which intergroup bias may be reduced. Intergroup bias is a preference for one's in-group over the out-group
Common_ingroup_identity
Theory in social psychology
"The Asymmetrical Perception of Men and Women". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 2 (3): 259–278. doi:10.1177/1368430299023004. ISSN 1368-4302. Crocker
Social_identity_threat
Interbreeding of different races or ethnic groups
Couples: An Intersection of Race and Gender". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 24 (3): 453–467. doi:10.1177/1368430219899482. ISSN 1368-4302. S2CID 216166130
Miscegenation
Attraction to foreign people, cultures or customs
(eds.). Moving beyond prejudice reduction: Pathways to positive intergroup relations. American Psychological Association. pp. 41–60. doi:10.1037/12319-002
Xenophilia
Psychological tendency to exaggerate the positive image of one's social group
shown to be a factor in intergroup aggression and bias. Primary components of collectively narcissistic intergroup relations involve aggression against
Collective_narcissism
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
Levine; Michael A. Hogg (2010). Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Sage Publications. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-4129-4208-9. Herman (2008)
Mahatma_Gandhi
1974–1978 event in Tanzania
ISSN 0374-5481. Wilson, Michael L.; Wrangham, Richard W. (2003). "Intergroup Relations in Chimpanzees". Annual Review of Anthropology. 32 (1): 363–392.
Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
American psychologist
director of the Intergroup Relations Lab. He is known for his research on the concept of aversive racism and on reducing people's intergroup biases. He was
John_Dovidio
Refusal to communicate with someone who desires communication
Perceptions of its behaviors and associated feelings – Group Processes Intergroup Relations October 1998 vol. 1 no. 2 117–141 Zadro, L., Richardson, R., & Williams
Silent_treatment
Iranian-born psychologist
approach. His solution to radicalization is a new policy to managing intergroup relations, based on his alternative policy of omniculturalism, which focused
Fathali_M._Moghaddam
Sociological constructs related to sex
"The social identity of intergroup relations", pp. 7–24 in S. Worchel & W.G. Austin (eds.) The psychology of intergroup relations. Chicago: Nelson-Hall
Gender
American academic
University Questrom School of Business. His research examines diversity, intergroup relations, and organizational behavior. Apfelbaum earned a B.S. in psychology
Evan_Apfelbaum
U.S. Jewish advocacy group
Jerusalem Information Center and Digital Archives Interreligious and Intergroup Relations Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights in
American_Jewish_Committee
Discomfort from interacting with an outgroup
Intergroup anxiety is the social phenomenon identified by Walter and Cookie Stephan in 1985 that describes the ambiguous feelings of discomfort or anxiety
Intergroup_anxiety
Medical approach focusing on factors favouring health
studies have expanded the scope of SOCC to include its impact on intergroup relations, openness towards others, and reconciliation processes. These studies
Salutogenesis
Setting in which people live and interact
flows; relationships between people, such as power dynamics and intergroup relations; and culture, such as art, religion, and traditions. It includes
Social_environment
American psychologist
cognition, stereotypes, and prejudice. At Princeton, Fiske led the Intergroup Relations, Social Cognition, and Social Neuroscience Lab. Her theoretical contributions
Susan_Fiske
Belief that one's group is more human than other groups
prospective thoughts about infrahumanization". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 12 (6): 807–817. doi:10.1177/1368430209347330. "Dehumanization"
Infrahumanisation
Series of social psychology experiments
perspectives on Milgram's 'obedience' research and its implications for intergroup relations" (PDF). Current Opinion in Psychology. 11: 6–9. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc
Milgram_experiment
Archived March 23, 2021, at the Wayback Machine Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (2020): 1368430219899482. "The Economist/YouGov Poll" (PDF). YouGov
Interracial marriage in the United States
Interracial_marriage_in_the_United_States
Non-usage of animal products
vegetarians and vegans from both source and target". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 20 (6): 721–744. doi:10.1177/1368430215618253. ISSN 1368-4302. S2CID 147065882
Veganism
American industrial psychologist and author (1905–1978)
his father (ca. 1899–1940). Chairman of the Mayor's Commission on Intergroup Relations (New York City) Executive chair of the American Jewish Congress President
Alfred_J._Marrow
Social system
Bölük, P. (2013). A different kind of honor culture: Family honor and aggression in Turks. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 16(3), 334-344. v t e
Honor_culture_(Middle_East)
American social psychologist (born 1968)
contributed extensively to the study of stereotyping, prejudice, intergroup relations, social justice, political psychology, and social media. In collaboration
John_Jost
Visual analogy for political or ideological positions
expression processing and psychosocial functioning". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 13 (5): 547–558. doi:10.1177/1368430209356930. S2CID 59571553. J
Political_spectrum
Personality trait favoring social hierarchies
suggests that people high in SDO tend to support using violence in intergroup relations while those low in SDO oppose it; however, it has also been argued
Social_dominance_orientation
British psychologist
Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict. In W. G. Austin & S. Worchel (Eds.), The Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations. Monterey, CA: Brooks-Cole
John_Turner_(psychologist)
American social psychologist
University. Her research interests include diversity, stereotypes and intergroup relations. She is one of the first African Americans to receive tenure in the
Valerie_Purdie_Greenaway
Aggregate of patterned social arrangements in society
for example, the ways in which factors like group size shape intergroup relations. The notion of social structure is intimately related to a variety
Social_structure
Mindset that one has been hurt by the actions of others
(2017). "Collective Victimhood and Ingroup Identity Jointly Shape Intergroup Relations, Even in a Non-violent Conflict: The Case of the Belgians". Psychol
Victim_mentality
Theory explaining defense of status quo systems
Strategies of the (Not Yet) Contented Female Worker". Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. 4 (2): 126–137. doi:10.1177/1368430201004002004. S2CID 145377608
System_justification_theory
Collective united by hatred against others
interactions will be positive, but opposing goals will worsen intergroup relations. Intergroup conflict may increase in-group unity, leading to a larger disparity
Hate_group
American sociologist (1918–2002)
especially intergroup relations. Blau created a number of theories explaining aspects of population structure that increased chances of intergroup relations. Blau
Peter_Blau
Series of psychology studies
cognitive redefinition of the social group". Social Identity and Intergroup Relations. Cambridge, UK: 15–40. Haslam, A. S. (2001). Psychology in Organizations
Asch_conformity_experiments
effectiveness at improving explicit and implicit attitudes towards and intergroup relations with a wide variety of stigmatized groups including religious minorities
Imagined_contact_hypothesis
strategy to improve race relations since it meets the criteria posed by contact theory for reducing racial prejudice. Intergroup contact theory states that
Positive_education
Decline of trust in authority
Psychology of Legitimacy Emerging: Perspectives on Ideology, Justice, and Intergroup Relations Corruption Delegitimization Legitimacy (political) Organic crisis
Legitimation_crisis
Phenomenon in social psychology
Michael (1993). "Social discrimination and tolerance in intergroup relations: reactions to intergroup difference". Personality and Social Psychology Review
Recategorization
Intergroup dialogue is a "face-to-face facilitated conversation between members of two or more social identity groups that strives to create new levels
Intergroup_dialogue
Prejudicial treatment based on membership in a certain group
integrative theory of intergroup conflict". In Austin, W.G.; Worchel, S. (eds.). The social psychology of intergroup relations. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole
Discrimination
M.; Hogg, Michael A. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. SAGE Publications. pp. 744–749. ISBN 978-1-4522-6150-8. Manzi, Francesca
Discrimination_against_men
Two intertwined, but distinct, social psychological theories
"Effects of Intergroup Contact and Political Predispositions on Prejudice: Role of Intergroup Emotions". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 7 (3): 221–237
Social_identity_approach
Controversy in hip-hop
Exposure to Violent and Misogynous Rap Music". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 5 (2): 133–150. doi:10.1177/1368430202005002541. S2CID 54914875
Misogyny_in_rap_music
Philosophical term on species treatment
prejudice, and perceptions of prejudiced others". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 22 (6). Thousand Oaks: SAGE Journals: 785–803. doi:10.1177/1368430218816962
Speciesism
Emergence, change, and understanding of morality from infancy through adulthood
theories and intergroup relations. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations., 9, 5-24 Pettigrew, T. F., & Tropp, L. R. (2008). How does intergroup contact
Moral_development
Model of group stereotypes and interpersonal impressions
Appraisals of warmth have a greater impact on interpersonal and intergroup relations than appraisals of competence. Warmth is, therefore, the primary
Stereotype_content_model
Tendency to base judgments on an irrelevant anchor
information processing and group decision refusal". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 15 (5): 637–651. doi:10.1177/1368430212454588. S2CID 147023588.
Anchoring_effect
British psychologist and social researcher
psychology.[citation needed] For the journal Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, now in its 25th year, Abrams is Chief Editor (with Michael Hogg)
Dominic_Abrams
View of decision-making in organizations
"Contingency Theories of Leadership", Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations edited by John M. Levine and Michael A. Hogg. Thousand Oaks, California:
Contingency_theory
Conviction that ethical standards do not apply to oneself
gang members justify violent behavior" (PDF). Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 17 (6): 750–762. doi:10.1177/1368430214536064. ISSN 1368-4302. S2CID 54502252
Moral_disengagement
Exposure to Violent and Misogynous Rap Music. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 5(2), 133–150. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430202005002541 Oware
Stereotypes of African Americans
Stereotypes_of_African_Americans
Killing of a Black teenager by a Korean store owner in 1991
"Korean Businesses in Black and Hispanic Neighborhoods: A Study of Intergroup Relations". Sociological Perspectives. 32 (4): 521–534. doi:10.2307/1389136
Killing_of_Latasha_Harlins
Policies in the U.S. aimed at redressing systemic discrimination
Robert J. Weiss, "Affirmative Action: A Brief History" Journal of intergroup relations (1987), 15#2 p.40-53. Joshi, Yuvraj (2019). "Racial Indirection"
Affirmative action in the United States
Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States
American psychologist (born 1947)
Psychology, the James McKeen Cattel Award, and the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize.[citation needed] Langer, Ellen J. (1989). Mindfulness. Reading
Ellen_Langer
Attributes associated with men
harmful effects of asserting heterosexuality". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 15 (4): 471–486. doi:10.1177/1368430211432893. ISSN 1368-4302. Konopka
Masculinity
Psychological tendency of people to expect others to act or think similarly to themselves
Michael (1999). "Social Discrimination and Tolerance in Intergroup Relations: Reactions to Intergroup Difference". Personality and Social Psychology Review
Social_projection
Australian psychologist
Australia, and director of the Sydney University Psychology of Intergroup Relations (SUPIR) Lab., and degree coordinator of the Bachelor of Liberal Arts
Fiona_A._White
French novelist and conspiracy theorist (born 1946)
can evoke violent extremism and Islamophobia". Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 25 (7): 1675–1695. doi:10.1177/13684302211028293. ISSN 1368-4302
Renaud_Camus
German social psychologist (1944–2018)
psychology of social identity and relations between social groups, in particular she investigated determinants of negative intergroup attitudes and behaviors as
Amélie_Mummendey
Overview of emotional expression by gender
An fMRI study of cognitive reappraisal" (PDF). Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 11 (2): 143–162. doi:10.1177/1368430207088035. PMC 5937254. PMID 29743808
Gender and emotional expression
Gender_and_emotional_expression
Population decrease of Whites proportionate to the total population
increasing diversity of the nation may instead yield intergroup hostility. Implications for intergroup relations and media framing of the racial shift are discussed
White_demographic_decline
Historical intergroup relations
claims that the Makassan appear to have been welcomed initially; however, relations deteriorated when, "aborigines began to feel they were being exploited
Makassan contact with Australia
Makassan_contact_with_Australia
INTERGROUP RELATIONS
INTERGROUP RELATIONS
Boy/Male
Hindu
Vimoktre detacher of all relationship
Boy/Male
Tamil
Bhandhavya | பாநà¯à®¤à®¾à®µà¯à®¯à®¾
Friendship, Relationship
Bhandhavya | பாநà¯à®¤à®¾à®µà¯à®¯à®¾
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Showing Matching of Relationship
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Hick + Middle English maugh, mough ‘relative’ (from Old Norse mágr or Old English magu). The exact nature of the relationship is not clear; the Middle English word meant ‘relative by marriage’, but was also used occasionally of a female blood relation.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Who loves friends & family members, Friendship, Relationship
Boy/Male
Indian
Relationship
Girl/Female
Indian
Who loves friends & family members, Friendship, Relationship
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Bridge of Relations; Goddess Durga; Happy; Tilak on Forehead; Applicable
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bhandhavi | பாநà¯à®¤à®µà¯€
Who loves friends & family members, Friendship, Relationship
Bhandhavi | பாநà¯à®¤à®µà¯€
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Feather.North German, Dutch, and Danish : from the Frisian personal name Vetter, meaning ‘relative’. Relationship terms were commonly used as personal names in Friesland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Messenger.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a brazier, from an agent derivative of Middle High German messinc ‘brass’, German Messing, from Greek mossynoikos (khalkos) ‘Mossynoecan bronze’, named after the people of northeastern Asia Minor who first produced the alloy.German : habitational name from Mössingen in Baden-Württemberg (Messingen in the local dialect), which is recorded as Masginga in 789, probably from the personal name Masco + ingen, suffix of relationship.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sarvabandha | ஸரà¯à®µà®ªà®‚தா
Vimoktre detacher of all relationship
Sarvabandha | ஸரà¯à®µà®ªà®‚தா
Surname or Lastname
North German
North German : probably from a derivative of Pille 1.Dutch : relationship name from Middle Dutch pil(le) ‘godchild’.English : possibly a variant of Pilling.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Brook, which preserves a trace of the Old English dative singular case, originally used after a preposition (e.g. ‘at the brook’).In 1650, Robert and Mary Mainwaring Brooke brought ten children and a number of servants with them from England to MD, where Robert became governor. Although the fourteen known contemporary Brooke immigrants in VA included Robert’s brothers Richard and Humphrey, the relationships of the others are unknown. Brooke family memorials remain in the Anglican church at Whitchurch, Hampshire, England.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Bridge of Relations; Godess Durga
Girl/Female
Indian
Who loves friends & family members, Friendship, Relationship
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Modern
Relationship
Surname or Lastname
French
French : perhaps a variant of Parrain, relationship name from parrain ‘godfather’.English : possibly a variant of Parent.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
God Gift; Relationship with God; God's Blessing
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Relationship
INTERGROUP RELATIONS
INTERGROUP RELATIONS
Girl/Female
Hindu
Earth
Boy/Male
Greek American Slavic Russian
Earth-lover. Of Demeter. Demeter is the mythological Greek goddess of corn and harvest. She...
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, German, Spanish
Abbreviation of Lynnette who Accompanied Sir Gareth on a Knightly Quest in Arthurian Legend; Waterfall; A Cascade; Lake; Good Looking; Pretty
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Beneficence
Boy/Male
Tamil
To eat, Drink something
Surname or Lastname
English (Gloucestershire)
English (Gloucestershire) : from Middle English soler ‘solar’, ‘upper floor of a house’ (Old English solor), probably an occupational name for a servant whose duties were centered in the upper part of a house.
Boy/Male
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
The One who Rules the Nature
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Life Soul
Boy/Male
Muslim
Two garments
Male
German
 German name derived from Latin Alfonsus, ALFONS means "noble and ready." Compare with another form of Alfons.
INTERGROUP RELATIONS
INTERGROUP RELATIONS
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INTERGROUP RELATIONS
a.
Not having entered into relationship with God through the appointed means of grace; also, not promised or assured by the divine promises or conditions; as, uncovenanted mercies.
n.
That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of deducing from certain given parts other required parts, and also of the general relations which exist between the trigonometrical functions of arcs or angles.
a.
A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.
n.
That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.
n.
The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.
v. i.
To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
v. t.
The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament.
n.
The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship.
n.
An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc.
n.
Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
a.
Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or relations; shapeless; amorphous.
n.
A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.
n.
The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.
n.
The science of the universe, and the relations which it involves.
n.
The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.
a.
Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself.
n.
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
n.
Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.
a.
Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.
n.
Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason.