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response hierarchy (medicine) and apocryphal (iou)


response hierarchy (medicine)


response hierarchy


Alternative reactions or modes of adjustment to a given situation arranged in the probable order of prior effectiveness; e.g., a mother attempting to discipline an unruly child may first request, cajole, then plead, scold, and finally punish; her behaviours can be ordered along a response hierarchy for further monitoring of effectiveness.


apocryphal (iou)



apocryphal adjective & noun. In sense A.2 also Apocryphal. L16.
[from APOCRYPHA + -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Of a Writing, statement, story, etc.: of doubtful authenticity; spurious, false, mythical. L16.
V. Brittain We collected all the tales of her, both authentic and apocryphal, that we could gather together.
Of or pertaining to the Apocrypha. E17.
Sham, counterfeit. E17.
Jonson A whoreson, upstart, apocryphal captain.
B. noun. An apocryphal Writing. Only in 17.
apocryphally adverb without authenticity M19.