Used in a Sentence

interpersonal

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for interpersonal.

Editorial note

Leadership skills are a subset of interpersonal skills and management skills overlap interpersonal (especially the leadership subset) skills.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Between two or more people.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of interpersonal gathered in one view.

adjective

Between two or more people.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for interpersonal.

adjective

Between two or more people.

Example sentences

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Leadership skills are a subset of interpersonal skills and management skills overlap interpersonal (especially the leadership subset) skills.

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Software developers, as a whole, are not exactly awesome at the interpersonal thing, especially when conflict comes up.

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The Chicago school, on the other hand, also incorporates a quantitative form of utility, to allow for interpersonal utility comparisons.

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And spend some time reflecting about this should or should not affect our interpersonal relations.

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Apparently face time and interpersonal interaction is an irrelevant artefact of the old world except when it comes to their own industry.

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It's almost certainly something interpersonal/HR related that caused Victoria to actually be fired.

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They seem to really like the occasional chat when it's quiet, and it has all kinds of perks (including just the interpersonal quality).

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Culture, as in local traditions for interpersonal relations and local shared group priorities.

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Leadership skills and interpersonal skills and management skills are completely separate.

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I'm not going to pick a side in this, as interpersonal relationships are impossible to accurately gauge from an external viewpoint.

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That's probably why a lot of us in Texas opt not to be huge jerks in traffic or interpersonal situations because _you never know who's carrying_.

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In reality, though, the interpersonal drama that plays out in the blogosphere does little to make any given framework more or less effective of a tool.

Quote examples

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"politics" applies here more in the sense of "interpersonal politics" often used to describe any non-purely-technical social process.

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My personal experience after working in an org where the PMO tried to force waterfall and the devs tried to force "agile" is that the key to success has nothing to do with project management methodology and everything to do with 1) interpersonal relationships, and 2) the technical team having adequate domain knowledge to make good decisions while planning and executing on the project/product.

Proper noun examples

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Interpersonal awareness and communication skills are required.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use interpersonal in a sentence?

Leadership skills are a subset of interpersonal skills and management skills overlap interpersonal (especially the leadership subset) skills.

What does interpersonal mean?

Between two or more people.

What part of speech is interpersonal?

interpersonal is commonly used as adjective.