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单词 other-directed
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Definition of other-directed in English:

other-directed

adjective
Psychology
  • (of a person or their behaviour) governed by external circumstances and the behaviour and standards of others.

    post-war sociologists who saw American society as full of other-directed men
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Interestingly, while the former quality is other-directed and the latter is self-directed, their concurrence appears convincing if underpinned by cheerfulness - an emotion that serves both the self and others.
    • High self-monitors, for example, are more other-directed than low self-monitors, meaning that high self-monitors tend to be more susceptible to pressure from other people.
    • This source of motivation tends to be externally based when the student is primarily other-directed and seeking affirmation of traits, competencies, and values.
    • Both were other-directed in the behavior and inner-directed in their rather fierce determination to see a very particular policy become law.
    • Beethoven managed to put an end to this noble tradition by inaugurating a barbaric U-turn away from an other-directed music to an inward-directed, narcissistic focus on the composer himself and his own tortured soul.
 
 

Definition of other-directed in US English:

other-directed

adjective
Psychology
  • (of a person or their behavior) governed by external circumstances and trends.

    post-war sociologists who saw American society as full of other-directed men
    Example sentencesExamples
    • High self-monitors, for example, are more other-directed than low self-monitors, meaning that high self-monitors tend to be more susceptible to pressure from other people.
    • This source of motivation tends to be externally based when the student is primarily other-directed and seeking affirmation of traits, competencies, and values.
    • Beethoven managed to put an end to this noble tradition by inaugurating a barbaric U-turn away from an other-directed music to an inward-directed, narcissistic focus on the composer himself and his own tortured soul.
    • Interestingly, while the former quality is other-directed and the latter is self-directed, their concurrence appears convincing if underpinned by cheerfulness - an emotion that serves both the self and others.
    • Both were other-directed in the behavior and inner-directed in their rather fierce determination to see a very particular policy become law.
 
 
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