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Glossary term R

Restraint Removal Schema

Definition

A restraint removal schema is a force schema that involves the physical or metaphorical

  • removal of a barrier to the action of a force, or
  • absence of a barrier that was potentially present.

Sources 1

  1. Johnson 1987, 46–47
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