actional en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈækʃənəl/
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French aucionbor. Middle English accioun English action Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English actional From action + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or depicting action, especially physical action.
There is his view discussed earlier, for instance, that the actional realm is inimical to human purpose.
1999, Bruce Bashford, Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Humanist, page 133:
- (not-comparable, of a verb) Depicting an action having an agent and a patient.
Deriveds
Translations (1)
pt acional (pertaining to action)