See Also: tanghin(dictionary)

interactionist (iou) and tanghin (iou)


interactionist (iou)



interactionist noun & adjective. E20.
[formed as INTERACTIONISM + -IST.]
A. noun. A person who advocates interactionism or interaction, esp. as an explanation of something. E20.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to interactionism or interactionists. E20.
Nature Piaget rejects both extremes of the heredity-environment controversy without lapsing into an interactionist stance.

tanghin (iou)



tanghin noun. , & Other vars. L18.
[French from Malagasy tangena, -gen'.]
A poison formerly used in Madagascan trial by ordeal and obtained from the kernels of Cerbera tanghin (family Apocynaceae), a Madagascan shrub with large purplish fruit. L18.
The shrub yielding this poison. M19.