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relational

[ ri-ley-shuh-nl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to relations.
indicating or specifying some relation.
Grammar. serving to indicate relations between various elements in a sentence, as prepositions, conjunctions, etc. Compare notional ( def 6 ).

relational

/ rɪˈleɪʃənəl /

grammar indicating or expressing syntactic relation, as for example the case endings in Latin
having relation or being related
computing based on data stored in a tabular form
a relational database

First recorded in 1655–65; relation + -al ¹

Just like anyone else, black women are multi-layered, complex, different, and most importantly, they are not relational.

In other words, they express identical relational concepts in an identical manner.

Finally, I can radically disturb the relational cut of the sentence by changing the order of its elements.

Statement as such and personal reference may well be looked upon as inherently relational concepts.

Of the four concepts inextricably interwoven in the -s suffix, all are felt as relational, two necessarily so.

We are thus once more reminded of the distinction between essential or unavoidable relational concepts and the dispensable type.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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