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interinfluence

meijin

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Japanese
Hi, I have just learned a new verb "interinfluence", but I don't know if I can actually use it, since many English dictionaries don't have it and I get a very small number of search results if I google with "interinfluence/s/ing/ed with".
Colling Free Online Dictionary: interinfluence

The following is an example I've just made up. Does it work/make sense?

- According to the factor analysis we conducted, factor X is interinfluencing with factor Y and factor Z.

What the second part of the sentence is trying to say is that factor X is influencing both factors Y and Z, and Y and Z are each influencing factor X as well.
Of course you can't use it 'since many English dictionaries don't have it and I get a very small number of search results if I google with "interinfluence/s/ing/ed with".'

Unless you don't wish to be understood by most people.
Thanks Copyright. I've just realized that maybe "with" is unnecessary after "interinfluence". But if the use of "interinfluence" itself is unidiomatic, would you say the following version is the simplest, idiomatic way to say it?

- According to the factor analysis we conducted, factor X is influencing, and also influenced by, both factor Y and factor Z.
I might say: "... factor X is influencing, and is influenced by, both factor Y and factor Z."
If, for example, it's highly influencing/influenced, should it be "... factor X is highly influencing, and is highly influenced by, both factor Y and factor Z"?
Or would "... factor X is highly influencing and influenced by both factor Y and factor Z" also work?
How about this: "... factor X is influencing and being influenced by factor Z to a high degree."
I like that, Copyright. How about when it's partially influencing/influenced? I don't think "to a partial degree" works.
I would either describe the degree – small, moderate, etc. – or just describe it in another sentence, e.g. The degree of this influence in small, but notable for existing at all.
Or I could probably describe it like, "The part of xxx is influencing and being influenced by xxx".
Or I could probably describe it like, "The part of xxx is influencing and being influenced by xxx".
You would have to say "Part of factor X is influencing, and being influenced by, factors Y and Z." But even not knowing what the factors are, I would say that that's probably not true.
The definite article is unnecessary, the commas should be used for better readability, and I also agree with your last comment.
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