intercourse
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈɪntərˌkɔrs/
- Archaic
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- Courtesy, decorum, and manners are all sadly lacking from our daily intercourse.
- social intercourse
- economic intercourse
- commercial intercourse
And Americans also wanted to be able to interact with the world and engage in liberal style intercourse like trade.
- And Americans also wanted to be able to interact with the world and engage in liberal style intercourse like trade.
- They prevent this spectral intercourse, as he calls it.
- Because I speak, death joins joy to the intercourse of light.
- He makes decisions about patterns which are not subject to intercourse for producing agreements.
- But I love the idea that placing it on the outside means that it is not, strictly speaking, a a an intercourse triggered phenomenon.
Examples
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She believed that open intercourse among team members was essential for fostering collaboration and innovation.
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Effective intercourse between nations can lead to better diplomatic relations and mutual understanding.
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You could say the same about any social intercourse.
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Languages play social roles; they are involved in social intercourse and explain things to one another.
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So there is a reduction of noise as part of social intercourse, social interaction.
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Political democracy provides the machinery, the form of this intercourse; it makes it possible.
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What does "free unobstructed intercourse with one another" precisely mean on a social and political level?
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There is a careful, sweet civility too in their intercourse with one another, very pleasant to share.
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Aquilera speaks of "communication" and "social intercourse" within the boundaries of the community (1978: 14).
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Alcohol is widely viewed as helpful in lowering one's inhibitions and facilitating social intercourse (Akerlind & Hornquist, 1992).
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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1.0
A talk between two or more people to share news and ideas
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3.5
People or things act on each other and cause change
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Talking and sharing feelings with other people
Contacts and activities with people and groups, often in business or official situations
Compounds
How Social
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intercourse comes from the parts inter- 'between' and course 'a running' or 'path', so it originally meant a 'running between' people. That image of movement between people explains why the word can also mean communication or dealings between people.