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PRODDING [3 records]

Record 1 2005-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
DEF

A person who works on his own initiative and without prodding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
DEF

Personne capable de s'autodéterminer dans son travail, de prendre des initiatives, de se perfectionner.

OBS

déclencheur : Équivalent proposé par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
DEF

A form of psychotherapy in which the patient is held down by a group of people, interrogated sharply, and compelled by rough prodding or tickling to release pent-up emotions supposedly leading to a catharsis.

OBS

From Robert W. Zaslow, an American psychologist who developed it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité

Spanish

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Record 3 1983-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

chipping made by using a stick for poking or prodding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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