the dualistic doctrine that holds that mind and body have a causal effect upon one another, as when pricking one's finger (physical) causes pain (mental), or an embarrassing memory (mental) causes one to blush (physical)
Compare parallelism (sense 3)
interactionism in American English
(ˌintərˈækʃəˌnɪzəm)
noun
Philosophy
a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other
Derived forms
interactionist
noun or adjective
Word origin
[1900–05; interaction + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, cathode-ray tube, clone, decompression, internship-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)
Examples of 'interactionism' in a sentence
interactionism
The proposal of working with genres that we defend departs from the socio-discursive interactionism theory.
Ana Maria de Mattos Guimarães 2010, 'Gêneros textuais e ensino de língua materna: entre o caminho e a pedra Textual genresand first language teaching: between the path and the stone', Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicadahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-63982010000200008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Critical realism and symbolic interactionism provide the methodological underpinning for the study.
John Eastwood, Lynn Kemp, Bin Jalaludin 2016, 'Each Is in Different Circumstances Anyway', SAGE Openhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2158244016676863. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Data were collected with semi-structured interviews, organized and analyzed based on the interactionism concept.
Cleoneide Paulo Oliveira Pinheiro, Raimunda Magalhães da Silva, Marli Villela Mamede,Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes 2008, 'Participating in a support group: experience lived by women with breast cancer Participaciónen un grupo de apoyo: experiencia de mujeres con cáncer de mama Participação em grupode apoio: experiência de mulheres com câncer de mama', Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagemhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692008000400013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The bases of the study are cultural communication, intra-cultural communication, symbolic interactionism and personal communication.
Wira Yanti 2014, 'Memahami Peranan Perempuan Suku Minang Perantauan dalam Menjaga dan Meneruskan KomunikasiBudaya Matrilineal', Jurnal the Messengerhttp://journals.usm.ac.id/index.php/the-messenger/article/view/191. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Symbolic interactionism and thematic analysis were used as the theoretical-methodological reference.
Albertisa Rodrigues Alves, Consuelo Helena Aires de Freitas Lopes, Maria Salete BessaJorge 2008, 'Significado do processo de enfermagem para enfermeiros de uma unidade de terapia intensiva:uma abordagem interacionista Significado del proceso de enfermería para enfermerosde una unidad de cuidados intensivos: un enfoque interactivo The meaning of the nursingprocess for nurses of intensive therapy units: an interactionist approach', Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USPhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342008000400006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Then, the theoretical perspective of symbolic interactionism was introduced and applied to synthesize the results.
Lee Y 2018, 'Patients' perception and adherence to vaginal dilator therapy: a systematic reviewand synthesis employing symbolic interactionism', Patient Preference and Adherencehttps://www.dovepress.com/patients-perception-and-adherence-to-vaginal-dilator-therapy-a-systema-peer-reviewed-article-PPA. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This was a qualitative study using symbolic interactionism.
Isabel Cristina Posada-Zapata, Isabel Cristina Orozco-Giraldo, Abraham Mendoza-Rios,Carolina Restrepo-Correa, Sara María Cano-Bedoya 2019, 'Perception of health/illness associated with gender roles displaced women locatedin Medellín, Colombia, 2013-2014', Cadernos de Saúde Públicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2019000405006&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)