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- noun The state or quality of being
directed .
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Examples
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Bion's major theoretical work, Attention and Interpretation (1970), describes a mode of presence of analyst to patient, stripped of all authority and directedness, that is much the same (minus the jokes) as that adopted by the mature Beckett toward the phantom beings who speak through him.
The Making of Samuel Beckett Coetzee, J.M. 2009
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It has been said that the peculiarity of this kind of directedness/aboutness/of-ness lies in its capacity to relate thought or experience to objects that (unlike San Francisco) do not exist.
Consciousness and Intentionality Siewert, Charles 2006
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As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace.
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This place of relative equanimity comes from my idea that inner-direction has shifted to be at least at best equal to my constant outer-directedness.
Jamie Lee Curtis: Nothing to Undo? Jamie Lee Curtis 2011
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Intrinsic intentionality and inherent goal-directedness of eukaryotic cells is defended by Tecumseh Fitch and minimal molecular autonomous agents are characterized in "On emergence, agency, and organization" (by Stuart Kauffman and Philip Clayton).
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Either way, people move through it with a sense of directedness.
Shadow Man stephen hastings-king 2011
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This place of relative equanimity comes from my idea that inner-direction has shifted to be at least at best equal to my constant outer-directedness.
Jamie Lee Curtis: Nothing to Undo? Jamie Lee Curtis 2011
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As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace.
Women Grow Business » Reaffirming Your Core Values in the Face of Economic Recovery 2010
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This place of relative equanimity comes from my idea that inner-direction has shifted to be at least at best equal to my constant outer-directedness.
Jamie Lee Curtis: Nothing to Undo? Jamie Lee Curtis 2011
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As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace.
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