other-direction
/ˌʌðədɪˈrɛkʃn/ /ˌʌðədʌɪˈrɛkʃn/Sociology
noun
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.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in David Riesman (b. 1909). From other noun + direction.
- Maiasaura
- maid
- maidan
- maid-child
- maiden
- maiden aunt
- maiden-auntish
- maiden cane
- maiden-child
- maiden feast
- maiden flight
- maidenhair
- maidenhair berry
- maidenhair fern
- maidenhair spleenwort
- maidenhair tree
- maidenhead
- maidenhood
- maidenish
- maiden-like
- maidenliness
- maidenly
- maiden name
- maiden of honor
- maiden of honour