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interactionism

interactionism

1 9.3
The idea that people form ideas and identity by talking and acting with others
  • noun
  • /ˌɪntərˈækʃənɪzəm/
  • Specialized
: interaccionismo
  • According to interactionism, our identities are shaped by how we interact with people in our environment.
  • symbolic interactionism
  • theory of interactionism
  • tenets of symbolic interactionism

Examples

  • Symbolic Interactionism is one of the main theoretical traditions in the discipline of sociology.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The social workers' role with patients with dementia can be better understood through the lens of symbolic interactionism.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Our approach is similar to theirs in that we also draw on symbolic interactionism.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Therefore, the purpose of this study was to further explore symbolic interactionism and the sport spectating experience.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The theory of symbolic interactionism allows for a delineation of honors students' construction of learning in two main ways.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The foremost objective of symbolic interactionism is to portray and understand the construction of meaning.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Nonetheless, direct application of the basic tenets of symbolic interactionism to sport spectating is lacking.

    Academic text (2007)
  • To examine the influence of symbolic interactionism on sport attendance, multiple regression analyses were performed.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The lesson for the novice researcher is that symbolic interactionism is not, as is commonly reported, the theoretical underpinning of grounded theory.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Grounded theory is a qualitative methodology based on symbolic interactionism (Blumer, 1967).

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

relationism
vsinteractionism
  • Formal
9.9

A way of explaining how people act by looking at their relationships

focuses on how ideas and behavior develop through contact with others

Surface Forms

Morphology

interactionism = interaction (transparent) = interact + ion + ism

Formed by adding the doctrinal suffix '-ism' to the noun 'interaction', yielding a theory or doctrine about interactions.

Etymology

Interactionism comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between', action meaning 'doing', and -ism meaning 'a belief or theory'. So it is the view that ideas, meaning, and identity are formed by people acting and talking with each other in everyday life.