interpersonal

adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,162 of 15,258leans written

Interpersonal means to do with how people deal with one another. Interpersonal skills, interpersonal conflict, an interpersonal problem.

Interpersonal skills is the phrase in every job advertisement and means getting on with people, which is harder to teach than anything technical. Calling a dispute interpersonal is a way of saying it is not about the work.

Definitions of interpersonal

1adjectiveinterpersonalTo do with how people deal with one another.C1
“The course covers interpersonal communication, such as listening and handling conflict.”

interpersonal is a quality.

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*ters-
Vulgar Latin
*interrāre — to put in earth
Old French
enterrer
Middle English
enteren
English
inter
English, today
interpersonal

From inter- + personal. inter comes from Middle English enteren, borrowed from Old French enterrer, enterer, from Vulgar Latin interrāre (“to put in earth”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

interpersonal in the wild

In social psychology, an interpersonal relation (or interpersonal relationship) describes a social association, connection, or affiliation between two or more people.
Interpersonal relationship
Social psychology, an academic discipline focused on research relating to social functioning, studies how interpersonal skills are learned through societal-based changes in attitude, thinking, and behavior.
Social skills
Meaningful interpersonal relationships depend not only on initial attraction but also on ongoing processes such as reciprocity, mutual trust, credibility, and supportive interactions.
Interpersonal attraction
Within the study of social psychology, interpersonal attraction is related to how much one likes or dislikes another person.
Interpersonal attraction
An intimate relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves emotional or physical closeness between people and can include feelings of romantic or platonic love and sexual intimacy.
Intimate relationship

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