encounter group
Example Sentences
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The scene he was working on that day portrayed some sort of encounter group.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019
Part immersion, part indictment and part encounter group, it guides the crowd through a set program of conflict and disclosure, mixing unscripted audience comments and more carefully composed revelations from actors.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2018
Participating in an encounter group, they get deeply, deeply in touch with their feelings.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2015
With television now functioning as much national encounter group as entertainment, any act of violence or misfortune befalling a major character is immediately followed by a cacophony of anguish and/or rage on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2015
The encounter group is confined to interactions between separate individuals and usually these individuals have not known each other before joining the group and probably will not continue association afterwards.
From Marriage Enrichment Retreats Story of a Quaker Project by Mace, D. R. (David Robert)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
