Precontact
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Precontact is an adjective meaning Before contact was established (especially with an indigenous people).
Meaning
Before contact was established (especially with an indigenous people).
More Meanings
- An instance of contacting somebody in advance.
- To contact somebody in advance.
Example Sentences
the precontact period
Precontacts may be less effective with homogeneous groups than with samples involving the general population.
Reviewing 12 studies of precontacting or advance notice to respondents, Linsky (1975) concluded that all precontacts by letter, postcard, telephone, or earlier personal contact increased response rates, with the telephone precontact being the most effective.
Word Forms
- pre-contact
- precontacts
- precontacting
- precontacted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preconquest, precolonial, preconquestual, preconquestal, precolumbian, pre-colonial.
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