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syntaxic, a.|sɪnˈtæksɪk| 1. Cryst. [f. syntaxis 3 or syntaxy + -ic.] = syntaxial a.
1944[see syntaxis 3]. 1972Acta Crystallogr. A. XXVIII. 509/1 The syntaxic intergrowths of the rare-earth carbonates. 2. Psychol. [f. syn- + taxis + -ic.] A term orig. used by the American psychiatrist H. S. Sullivan (1892–1949), to designate a mode of experiencing or communicating in which objectivity and the use of consensually validated symbols have replaced subjectivity. Cf. parataxic, prototaxic adjs.
1945P. Mullahy in Psychiatry VIII. 185/2 Consensually validated symbol activity has more recently been called ‘syntaxic’ thinking by Sullivan. It involves an appeal to principles which are accepted as true by the hearer. a1948H. S. Sullivan Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry (1955) ii. 28, I shall offer the thesis that these modes are primarily matters of ‘inner’ elaboration of events. The mode which is easiest to discuss is relatively uncommon—experience in the syntaxic mode. Ibid. xi. 183 Syntaxic symbols are best illustrated by words that have been consensually validated. 1969A. Neel Theories of Psychol. xx. 248 The appearance of the syntaxic or reality-oriented period was greatly aided by acquisition of language skills. 1972L. Saltzman in Freedman & Kaplan Interpreting Personality vi. 176 Obviously, the capacity for syntaxic thinking requires comfortable amounts of self-esteem. 1975Psychol. Abstr. LIV. 141/1 Sullivan's theory of syntaxic mode is compared with Peirce's concept of symbolic interaction. |