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Significant other

The term "significant other" (SO) has different uses in psychology and in colloquial language. Colloquially, "significant other" is used as a gender-neutral term for a person's partner in an intimate relationship without disclosing or presuming anything about marital status, relationship status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

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Significant other

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples32
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
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related to history · 18
Significant other → Armistead Maupin's, Biology, Conceptions, Derek Trotter, Harry Stack Sullivan, Horses, Interpersonal Relations, Journal, Modern Psychiatry, Only Fools, Pathology, Psychiatry, Raquel Turner, Significant Others, The, TV, UK, United States
related to Scientific use · 14
Significant other → Although, Archie, Edward, Fink, Haller, In, Its, Joseph Woelfel, Results, They, This, University, Wisconsin, Woelfel

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Significant otherrelated to historyThe0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historyHarry Stack Sullivan0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historyConceptions0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historyModern Psychiatry0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historyPsychiatry0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historyJournal0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historyBiology0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historyPathology0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historyInterpersonal Relations0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historyUnited States0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historyArmistead Maupin's0.60section
Significant otherrelated to historySignificant Others0.60section

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