interrecognition

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From inter- +‎ recognition.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪntəˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪntɚˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/, /ɪntəˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/

Noun

interrecognition (uncountable)

  1. (somewhat formal, rare) Mutual or shared recognition or acknowledgment.
    • 1857 February, C. P., “Emanuel Swedenborg”, in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 55, number 326, London: John W. Parker & Son, page 176:
      That noble and only true moderation which comes of the simultaneous and harmonious inter-recognition of all right motives and impulses, was a very conspicuous merit of Swedenborg's life, and it is not less manifest in his teachings, which are excellent remedies for that morbid conscience []
    • 1961 October 9, G. Etzel Pearcy, “Forty Newly Independent States: Some Politicogeographic Discussion”, in The Department of State Bulletin, volume 45, number 1163, Office of Public Communication, Bureau of Public Affairs, page 605:
      For example, any given political entity may be recognised by some but not by all states. In a world fractured with discord this factor of interrecognition can indeed become complicated.
    • 2022 April 18 [1997], Cheng-Xian Liu, “Simulations and Experiments in Space Biology”, in Wen-Rui Hu, editor, Space Science in China[1], CRC Press, →ISBN, 23.3.2 Plant-microbe interaction, page 393:
      This interrecognition process may be also involved in some physiological mechanisms of pathogenesis and plant gene transformation: under the circumstance of microgravity, what kind of changes will take place during the induction of callus[sic], and if there are some differences in the infection of plant cell[sic] by Agrobacterium tumiefaciens.