interactment

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English

Etymology

From interact +‎ -ment.

Noun

interactment (countable and uncountable, plural interactments)

  1. (rare) Synonym of interaction.
    • 1965, Thomas Kranidas, “Decorum in the Verse”, in The Fierce Equation: A Study of Milton’s Decorum (Studies in English Literature; volume X), London, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co., section E (Adam and Eve in the Garden: A happy rural seat of various view), page 150:
      The decorum of Milton’s exquisite scenic adjustments has made possible the comedy. And the comedy will make possible a larger decorum, the very propriety of “natural” in the poem. It is a kind of interactment that only poetry can achieve.
    • 1969, The Ohio State Engineer, section “Switching and Transmission Systems”, page 12, column 2:
      However, other important parts of the project are switching, transmission, and the interactment of the entire system.
    • 1981, “Intervention Strategies with Hyperactive and Learning-Disabled Children”, in Samuel M. Turner, Karen S. Calhoun, Henry E. Adams, editors, Handbook of Clinical Behavior Therapy, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, section “References”, page 628:
      Bugental, D. B., Whalen, C. K., & Henker, B. Causal attributions of hyperactive children and motivational assumptions of two behavioral change approaches: Evidence for an interactment position. Child Development, 1977, 48, 874–884.
    • 1985, “Index”, in William J. Sauer, Raymond T. Coward, editors, Social Support Networks and the Care of the Elderly: Theory, Research, and Practice (Springer Series on Adulthood and Aging; volume 14), New York, N.Y.: Springer Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 280:
      Interactment theory, see Activity theory
    • 1986, “Descriptive Research”, in Roger P. Phelps, editor, A Guide to Research in Music Education, 3rd edition, Metuchen, N.J., London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 191:
      L’Roy, using a Symbolic Interactment theoretical framework with undergraduate music education majors, identified: (1) their occupational norms and values, (2) their commitment to specific skills and knowledge of music education, and (3) career commitment to music education.
    • 2000, “Robert ALTMAN”, in Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson, editors, Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide, 2nd edition, London, New York, N.Y.: Wallflower Press, →ISBN, page 7:
      Happy with a cast of hundreds, Altman loves to direct groups of people, painting a broad picture of their complex interactments and entanglements.
    • 2015, Hannah Nelson, To Change a Life, Xlibris, →ISBN, chapter five, page 38:
      And I know her?” I ask, I feel Pete’s confusion as he replays the years of interactment we’ve had together.