human relations


noun(usually used with a singular verb)
  1. the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.

Origin of human relations

1
First recorded in 1915–20

Words Nearby human relations

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How to use human relations in a sentence

  • A week later, the rude engineer got a call from the director of human relations.

    The Secrets of Succession | Dan Lyons | August 26, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The very nature of a home is based on right human relations.

    The Canadian Girl at Work | Marjory MacMurchy
  • In the idea of a married Romish saint, these miseries should follow logically from the Romish view of human relations.

    The Saint's Tragedy | Charles Kingsley
  • The application of this norm to human relations was a direct result of the belief that it was of divine origin.

  • But this very projection of human relations into the divine realm prevents the chief deity from being an unlimited ruler.

  • Men's habits of life are required to adapt themselves to new exigencies under a new scheme of human relations.