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so·cial in·ter·ac·tion

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  1. social interaction

    A social relation is the fundamental unit of analysis within the social sciences, and describes any voluntary or involuntary interpersonal relationship between two or more individuals within and/or between groups. The group can be a language or kinship group, a social institution or organization, an economic class, a nation, or gender. Social relations are derived from human behavioral ecology, and, as an aggregate, form a coherent social structure whose constituent parts are best understood relative to each other and to the social ecosystem as a coherent whole.Early inquiries into the nature of social relations feature in the work of sociologists such as Max Weber in his theory of social action, where social relationships composed of both positive (affiliative) and negative (agonistic) interactions represented opposing effects. Categorizing social interactions enables observational and other social research, such as Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (lit. 'community and society'), collective consciousness, etc.

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  1. social interactionadjective

    To interact socially

    Social interaction is vital for us all


    Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2023  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of social interaction in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of social interaction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of social interaction in a Sentence

  1. Megan Dominy:

    Our daughter absolutely loves social interaction with her peers, she craves interaction with other kids all the time. And she needs school.

  2. Nien Boots:

    Other residents are in need of social interaction. They will sit down with you at the terrace or try to talk with you on the street, everybody gets a bit lonely sometimes.

  3. Chris Winter:

    I believe that this kind of sleep deprivation, often seen in shift workers, is a huge reason for the relationship issues they struggle with, these individuals are often forced to choose between sleep and social interaction … both choices lead to loneliness.

  4. Brittany Stineman:

    The one missing piece of Even Nashs life has been social interaction, he can't be around people that much, and yesterday, I felt like that missing piece was filled.

  5. Cindy Cooper:

    The benefit outweighs the risk at this point, assuming we take normal precautions, to all get together and have social interaction - the residents have very little social life, they are in their 90s and this was a good friend of theirs for 50 years.


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