interindividualadj.
/ˌɪntərɪndɪˈvɪdjuːəl/ Subsisting, carried on, taking place, or forming a communication between, individuals.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adjective] > between people, groups, etc.
interprovincial1839
intercolonial1843
intersocial1852
intercontinental1855
interregal1855
intermundane1858
intersectional1865
interportal1881
interzonal1881
intercommunal1909
interlocal1920
interindividual1922
intergroup1931
inter-dominion1949
inter-agency1969
interpopulational1971
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 621 The converse domain of interindividual relations.
1953 N. Tinbergen Herring Gull's World xvi. 122 The female's posture is identical with the submissive posture which the species has developed for other kinds of inter~individual conflict.
1965 Philos. Rev. 74 181 According to Kant interindividual inferences concerning existence are impossible by analytic means.
1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. Oct. 175 The actual conditioning procedures should be introduced only after interindividual differences have been reduced to a minimum.
Derivatives
interindiˈvidually adv.
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1951 T. Parsons et al. in T. Parsons & E. A. Shils Toward Gen. Theory Action i. i. 24 These selections cannot be inter-individually random in a social system.
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