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ýnterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary

English translation: Webster says

11:58 Aug 2, 2004
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Medical - Medical (general) / �n the t�tle of a conference
English term or phrase: ýnterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
I have a problem making a distintinction between these 3 words. Can you help me. Thank you in advance
Hacene
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:16
Selected answer:Webster says
Explanation:
multidiciplinary = "combining several specialized disciplines (as those in the field of applied social science) for a common purpose (use of a multidisciplinary approach by a child guidance clinic)"
Interdiciplinary = "characterized by participation or cooperation of two or more disciplines or fields of study (an interdisciplinary conference) : drawing on or contributing to two or more disciplines (interdisciplinary approach to anthropology)"
Pluridiciplinary is not listed in Websters III unabridges!
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Jonathan MacKerron
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Cheers Jonathan. Ýt was a hard choýce to makeç but the examples you provýded just helped me ýn solvýng my query
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4 +9interdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
David Sirett
2 +7Webster says
Jonathan MacKerron
4 +3The differences
Mark Xiang
4Please see comments below
Ramesh Madhavan


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
ýnterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
interdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary


Explanation:
More or less the same, but:

1) Interdisciplinary would include cooperation between 2 disciplines, which might not be covered by "multidisciplinary".

2) "Pluridisciplinary" is ALMOST always the result of a poor translation into English where "multidisciplinary" would be the preferred term.


David Sirett
Local time: 06:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: -
6 mins
agree  Kurt Porter: Interdisciplinary - drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study "interdisciplinary studies, an interdisciplinary conference." Multi - more than two...I'd lose the Pluri....
8 mins
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
18 mins
agree  Aisha Maniar
48 mins
agree  Christian
1 hr
agree  Mikhail Kropotov: also, did you guys notice this is question number 777,000?
1 hr
agree  Jörgen Slet
2 hrs
agree  Elena Petelos
8 hrs
agree  Eva Karpouzi
10 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +7
ýnterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
Webster says


Explanation:
multidiciplinary = "combining several specialized disciplines (as those in the field of applied social science) for a common purpose (use of a multidisciplinary approach by a child guidance clinic)"
Interdiciplinary = "characterized by participation or cooperation of two or more disciplines or fields of study (an interdisciplinary conference) : drawing on or contributing to two or more disciplines (interdisciplinary approach to anthropology)"
Pluridiciplinary is not listed in Websters III unabridges!


Jonathan MacKerron
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 42
Grading comment
Cheers Jonathan. Ýt was a hard choýce to makeç but the examples you provýded just helped me ýn solvýng my query

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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
12 mins
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agree  Christian
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agree  Aleksandra Gjoreska
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agree  Mikhail Kropotov
1 hr
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agree  Jörgen Slet
2 hrs
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agree  Elena Petelos
8 hrs
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agree  Eva Karpouzi
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ýnterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
The differences


Explanation:
Interdisciplinary: Stress the interaction of different disciplines.
Multidisciplinary: Stress the collection of different disciplines.
pluridisciplinary: Seldom used

Mark Xiang
Local time: 12:16
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

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agree  Jörgen Slet
6 mins
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agree  Orla Ryan
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agree  Eva Karpouzi
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ýnterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
Please see comments below


Explanation:
Discipline: a rule or system of rules governing conduct or activity
Inter: Within
Plural: More than one
Multi: Many
Inter-disciplinary: Follows/abides by a discipline.
Pluri-disciplinary: Follows/abides by more than one discipline.
Multi-disciplinary: Follows/abides by many disciplines.

Hope this helps:-)

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Ramesh Madhavan
Local time: 09:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TamilTamil

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Laurel Porter (X): Careful: inter = between; intra = within... Easy mistake!
45 mins
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