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profil fusionnel

English translation: profile of a group-oriented individual


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French term or phrase:profil fusionnel
English translation:profile of a group-oriented individual
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14:53 Jul 24, 2004
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Medical - Psychology / personality type
French term or phrase: profil fusionnel
A specific personality type, "Ce profil est celui d'un fusionnel. Il a un sens concret très développé. Il est très attaché aux détails des choses. Il a une excellente mémoire. Il n'apprécie pas outre mesure le changement." etc., etc.
Catherine Harrison
Local time: 13:57
This is the profile of a group-oriented individual
Explanation:
fusionel VERSUS solitaire....

In this type of psychological discourse..it means
group oriented....one has to be careful since the word is used in psychoanalysis and has a totally different meaning, that of fusional...not going into it...too long..but you can check it out...

Some people are more ***group-oriented than others***--test ... of Group Processes; Research
Center for Group Dynamics ... Current Research in Social Psychology This is an on ...
www.has.vcu.edu/group/gdynamic.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 24 mins (2004-07-24 15:18:34 GMT)
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Here\'s a French site that shows this:
[ More results from forum.doctissimo.fr ]

psychologie - [ Translate this page ]
... Les résultats visés sont l\'auto guérison et un mieux être général. 284 pages.
Lise Bourbeau 100. 00 F. PSYCHOLOGIE. Êtes-vous fusionnel ou solitaire ? ...
www.chez.com/libhugo/psychologie.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

PS...You might get answers with fusional but that is incorrect in English in the context of Human Resources.....in fact, HR would not use the term fusional in English EVER....:)
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5 +2This is the profile of a group-oriented individualJane Lamb-Ruiz
4gregarious individualSusana Galilea


  

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This is the profile of a group-oriented individual


Explanation:
fusionel VERSUS solitaire....

In this type of psychological discourse..it means
group oriented....one has to be careful since the word is used in psychoanalysis and has a totally different meaning, that of fusional...not going into it...too long..but you can check it out...

Some people are more ***group-oriented than others***--test ... of Group Processes; Research
Center for Group Dynamics ... Current Research in Social Psychology This is an on ...
www.has.vcu.edu/group/gdynamic.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 24 mins (2004-07-24 15:18:34 GMT)
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Here\'s a French site that shows this:
[ More results from forum.doctissimo.fr ]

psychologie - [ Translate this page ]
... Les résultats visés sont l\'auto guérison et un mieux être général. 284 pages.
Lise Bourbeau 100. 00 F. PSYCHOLOGIE. Êtes-vous fusionnel ou solitaire ? ...
www.chez.com/libhugo/psychologie.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

PS...You might get answers with fusional but that is incorrect in English in the context of Human Resources.....in fact, HR would not use the term fusional in English EVER....:)

Jane Lamb-Ruiz
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agree  Hebe Martorella: bien trouvé
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gregarious individual


Explanation:
Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers:

gregarious [grý'gɛərýəs]
adjective
1 enjoying the company of others

2 (of animals) living together in herds or flocks
Compare: solitary [6]

3 (of plants) growing close together but not in dense clusters

4 of, relating to, or characteristic of crowds or communities
[ETYMOLOGY: 17th Century: from Latin gregarius belonging to a flock, from grex flock]
gre'gariously adverb(ial)
gre'gariousness noun


Susana Galilea
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Local time: 13:57
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