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mediational

mediational

1 7.2
That helps people talk and reach an agreement
  • adjective
  • /ˌmiːdiˈeɪʃənl/
translation icon : mediador
  • In conflict resolution, effective communication is often a mediational strategy that facilitates understanding.

Examples

  • Further, Brown demonstrated that this type of understanding can be increased in 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children with very small amounts of mediational instruction—in fact, about as much as one encounters in clinical dynamic assessment.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The therapist used a mediational approach to help the couple resolve their differences.

  • This exhibit almost becomes a mediational space that encourages audiences to combine and separate, evaluate and define these different knowledge systems.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Moreover, the dynamics of homophobic aggression toward perceived lesbians were not adequately understood by the proposed mediational model.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The mobile application was designed to implement peer review inside the classroom, and the use of peer feedback served as a mediational means to allow learners to observe their speaking processes as well as receive metacognitive support from their peers.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Educators can adopt mediational techniques to improve student interactions during group projects.

Synonyms

mediatory
vsmediational
  • Formal
7.8

To help two sides in a conflict reach an agreement

focuses on helping parties communicate and understand to resolve disputes
mediative
vsmediational
7.4

To help people in an argument talk and reach an agreement

is about the active process of helping parties communicate and resolve disputes
mediatorial
vsmediational
  • Formal
9.4

Relating to a person who helps two sides reach an agreement

focuses on the helping process of communication and resolving differences rather than the role

Surface Forms

mediational positive

Morphology

mediational = mediation (transparent) = mediate + ion + al

This is a regular adjective built from 'mediation' plus '-al', so the meaning follows directly from the base noun.

Etymology

Mediational comes from the root medi- and the Latin medius, meaning 'middle', and it shares the same source as mediate and mediator. So mediational refers to a 'middle' person or action that helps people communicate or solve a disagreement.