- A
referent (/ˈrɛfərənt/ REF-ər-ənt) is a
person or
thing to
which a name – a
linguistic expression or
other symbol – refers. For example, in the sentence...
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Referent power is a form of
reverence gained by a
leader who has
strong interpersonal relationship skills.
Referent power, as an
aspect of
personal power...
- The
nearest referent is a
grammatical term
sometimes used when two or more
possible referents of a pronoun, or
other part of speech,
cause ambiguity in...
- A case–control
study (also
known as case–
referent study) is a type of
observational study in
which two
existing groups differing in
outcome are identified...
- is
called the
referent of the
first object. A name is
usually a
phrase or expression, or some
other symbolic representation. Its
referent may be anything...
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potential harm (or
other unwanted coercion).
Beneficiaries (technically
referents) of
security may be
persons and
social groups,
objects and institutions...
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Systems theory is the
transdisciplinary study of systems, i.e.
cohesive groups of interrelated,
interdependent components that can be
natural or artificial...
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although these terms have been made distinct) are
signifiers without a
referent. The term open
signifier is
sometimes used as a
synonym due to the empty...
- more
expressions refer to the same
person or thing; they have the same
referent. For example, in Bill said
Alice would arrive soon, and she did, the words...
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identified those five
bases of
power as coercive, reward, legitimate,
referent, and expert. This was
followed by Raven's
subsequent addition in 1965 of...
