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transactional

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English

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Etymology

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    From transaction + -al.

    Pronunciation

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    • (US) IPA(key): /trænˈzækʃ(ə)nəl/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Adjective

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    transactional (comparative more transactional, superlative most transactional)

    1. Of, pertaining to or involving transactions.
      • 2014, Tanya Bondarouk, Shared Services as a New Organizational Form, →ISBN, page 159:
        The primary function of the transactional HR SSC is the performance of the back- and front-office functions and processes through deployment of the operational service delivery capabilities.
    2. (psychology, sociology) Based on value derived from transactions rather than on morals, ethics, or principles; pragmatic or amoral rather than moral.
      • 2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 2 December 2023:
        Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.
    3. Pertaining to a particular psychoanalytic theory about this.

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