Relationship Pairs: Definitions
| Advisor | each has an area of insight that the other lacks |
| Cohort | mutually drawn into experiential escapades |
| Companion | similar modes of expression: bear each other's company well |
| Complement | compatible strengths with opposite emphases |
| Supplement | like Pal, but functions are farther removed: each can add to the other's strengths |
| Tribesman | share a sense of culture, but with different interests and abilities |
| Anima | fits Dr. Beebe's description of the anima/anumus: each is the other's inferior (4th) function |
| Contrast | point and counterpoint on each function |
| Counterpart | perform similar functions in totally different realms |
| Enigma | a puzzle: totally foreign in nearly every facet |
| Identity | same types: a typological mirror-image |
| Neighbor | arrive at the same place by variant processes |
| Novelty | intriguingly different: interestingly so |
| Pal | work and play well together: minimal natural type conflict |
| Pedagogue | each is both the other's mentor and student: has a "parent to child" feel |
| Suitemate | a person one might be comfortable sharing an office. Prefer similar climates, but don't necessarily have much in common as far as goals or world view |
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