Transactional

//trænˈzækʃ(ə)nəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Of, pertaining to or involving transactions.
"The primary function of the transactional HR SSC is the performance of the back- and front-office functions and processes through deployment of the operational service delivery capabilities."
2
Based on value derived from transactions rather than on morals, ethics, or principles; pragmatic or amoral rather than moral.
"Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization."
3
Pertaining to a particular psychoanalytic theory about this.

Example

"In my view, paid interactions can feel transactional rather than meaningful."

Etymology

From transaction + -al.

Related phrases

transactional analysis transactional distance transactional interpretation transactional memory

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