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单词 other-direction
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other-directionn.

Brit. /ˌʌðədᵻˈrɛkʃn/, /ˌʌðədʌɪˈrɛkʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌəðərdəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌəðərˌdaɪˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: other pron. and n., direction n.
Etymology: < other pron. and n. + direction n. Compare other-directed adj., tradition-direction n. at tradition n. Compounds 2.
Sociology.
Orientation of a person's behaviour and standards by the influence of the expectations and example of others. Opposed to inner-direction and tradition-direction n. at tradition n. Compounds 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > persuadability > tendency to behave like others
other-direction1950
other-directedness1951
1950 D. Riesman et al. Lonely Crowd i. 20 It is also my impression that the conditions I believe responsible for other-direction are affecting increasing numbers of people in the metropolitan centers of the advanced industrial countries.
1976 Sociol. of Educ. 49 156/1 Students..lost most of their fear of Communism..and shifted from other-direction to individualism.
1993 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Misreadings 31 The striptease restores the Platonic situation to the sociological reality of oppression and other-direction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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