tact
tact
englantitahti
tahdikkuus (käytöstavoissa)
Liittyvät sanat: tactful, tactless
Synonyymisanakirja
tact
huomaavaisuus, hienotunteisuus, ystävällisyys, tahdikkuus, varovaisuus, diplomatia, hienovaraisuus, neuvokkuus, taito.
Englannin sanakirja
tact englanniksi
The sense of touch; feeling.
J. Le Conte
puhekieltä The stroke in beating time.
Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
The ability to deal with embarrassing situations carefully and without doing or saying anything that will annoy or upset other people; careful consideration in dealing with others to avoid giving offense; the ability to say the right thing.
By the use of tact, she was able to calm her jealous husband.
I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.
puhekieltä A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
2013, Jacob L. Gewirtz, William M. Kurtines, Jacob L. Lamb, Intersections With Attachment
puhekieltä To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).