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C

construct rhetorically

meaning that is built through language/words

cybersex

Two online users engaging in private discourse about sexual fantasies, typically accompanied by sexual self-stimulation

E

epistemology

The philosophical study of the nature and validity of knowledge, addressing the question how can we (best) know what we know?

extra-dyadic activity

sexual activity outside the ‘dyad’ or couple relationship

O

ontology

This term is derived from the philosophy of science. It relates to a scientist’s understanding of the nature of reality, being and the social and relational world. Ontology foregrounds being and asks ‘What do we think about the way things are?

operationalised

operationalisation is how an abstract concept like ‘emotional infidelity’ is defined more concretely for the purposes of research

R

relativist

relativism is the view that there is no universal and objective truth

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