personalisticadj.
/pəːsn̩əˈlɪstɪk/, /pəːs(ə)nəˈlɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌpərs(ə)nəˈlɪstɪk/ Of or relating to an individual person considered as different and separate from other people; individualistic; personal; spec. (Psychology, now rare) characterized by or relating to personalistics.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > [adjective]
characterological1903
personalistic1904
personological1943
the world > people > person > [adjective] > relating to different or separate person
personalistic1956
1904 Philos. Rev. 13 215 The personalistic doctrine thus completes itself by the ‘recognition of an act of creation as an initial fact’.
1938 H. D. Spoerl tr. L. W. Stern Gen. Psychol. from Personalistic Standpoint p. vii The personalistic point of view, which here finds its first occasion to demonstrate its fitness to formulate and interpret a particular empirical science.
1956 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 7 165 He [sc. Luther] maintains a thoroughly personalistic idea of grace, which is received by faith alone.
1991 Social Sci. & Med. 32 1379 Prominent among the alternative sources [of health care] were patent medicine stores where there were personalistic social interaction between clients and operators, free consultancy and flexible pricing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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