agential en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agēnsder. English agent Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English agential From agent + -ial.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.
Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
2012 January 14, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60:
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That forms agent nouns.
Even if the suffix be formally identical with the agential suffix, it has not the same function.
1918, Henry Bradley, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, volume IX, page 922, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more agential | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most agential | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (3)
fr agentiel (pertaining to an agent or an agency) · pl agencyjny (pertaining to an agent or an agency) · pt agencial (pertaining to an agent or an agency)