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Record 1 2022-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

[The] effort to win the liking and approval of other people, especially by deliberate impression management.

CONT

One form of ingratiation involves demonstrating that you admire and respect a person, and that you value their opinions. ... Another form of ingratiation is building the esteem of a subject, often through flattery ... Many people are incredibly concerned with the impression that they make on others and are keen to make a positive first impression with strangers. Such reputation management is yet another ingratiation strategy: by placing emphasis on [their] positive attributes rather than [their] weaknesses, people try to present their most amiable qualities to others, in order to gain their favor.

OBS

Ingratiation is usually regarded as strategic, insincere, and manipulative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
CONT

De la perspective du candidat, [les chercheurs] ont vérifié si l'insinuation [...], type de comportements stratégiques déployés par les candidats destinés à influencer autrui au sujet du niveau d'attrait de leurs qualités personnelles, était l'un des antécédents de l'appariement personne-organisation, ce qui n'est pas le cas.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
DEF

Voting to eliminate a candidate or to prevent an undesirable political party from taking power.

CONT

Tactical voting, also called strategic voting, is when voters cast an insincere ballot in order to increase their expected value for an election outcome. A common example of this behavior is when supporters of a minor party candidate vote for their favorite major party candidate, based on the impression that the minor party candidate is unlikely to win.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
DEF

Voter pour éliminer un candidat ou pour empêcher un parti politique indésirable de prendre le pouvoir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
CONT

Modalidad de decidir el voto ciudadano en función del eventual resultado de las elecciones. El "voto útil" concede máxima importancia a ganar la elección concentrando el voto, a la vez que busca evitar la dispersión del voto en múltiples alternativas.

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Record 3 2005-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A showy, insincere, empty talk or writing, intended only to get applause or notice.

CONT

His speeches seem erudite, but analysis reveals them to be mere claptrap.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Discours verbeux, destiné à masquer le vide de la pensée.

CONT

[...] la méthode même de discussion est mauvaise puisqu'aucune préparation sérieuse n'a été faite et qu'on est obligé de passer superficiellement sur chacune des questions de l'ordre du jour, si bien que finalement on risque de tomber soit dans une revue sans intérêt des affaires courantes, soit dans un «bla-bla-bla» sans efficacité sur des questions générales que personne n'a le courage d'examiner à fond.

OBS

blabla; blablabla : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

A tendency of the members of two conflicting social groupings to describe the members of their own group as friendly, sincere, and trustworthy and the members of the other group as unfriendly, insincere, and deceitful.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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