intervention
nounEtymology
From Middle French intervention, from Latin interventiō. Morphologically intervene + -tion.
- derived from interventiō
- derived from intervention
Definitions
The action of intervening
The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a…
A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.
An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological…
An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.
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An action taken or procedure performed
An action taken or procedure performed; an operation.
- As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at intervention. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at intervention. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at intervention
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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