categoric contact

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behavior toward an individual on the basis of the type or group of people that person represents rather than on the basis of personal makeup.

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Ney said McDonnell needs to “keep a stiff lip” and stay in close contact with family members.
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv|Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The spokesman also said that Ambassador King “did not view the movie and did not have any contact directly with Sony.”
Exclusive: Sony Emails Say Studio Exec Picked Kim Jong-Un as the Villain of ‘The Interview’|William Boot|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, he was in contact with Lansky prior to converging from the hillside onto the streets of Havana.
Will Hyman Roth Return to Havana With Normalized Relations?|John L. Smith|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She had been my point of contact as I was trying to get up there.
A Whisky Connoisseur Remembers That First Sip of The Macallan||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Keeping in contact with those people, and mechanically getting them to the trial, those are the hard parts,” Risner said.
Drug Smuggler Sues U.S. Over Dog Bite|Caitlin Dickson|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before Ulm he nearly ruined Napoleon's combination by failing to get in contact with the enemy.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
It is sometimes indented, with its convex side in contact with the periphery of the cell.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Other forms of contact rapidly oxidized and went out of business.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
In fact, it was to be expected of almost any man who happened to be thrown in contact with Lyn Rowan for any length of time.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
There was no engine stopped on account of this accident; but I shall never let the fire come in contact again with the cast iron.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick