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sensemaking en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English making English sensemaking From sense + making.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The process by which people give meaning to experience.
    • Because they can in fact set the stage for ongoing sensemaking efforts, its best to avoid digging holes of mis-messaging that only get harder to overcome with time. 2016, Elliot Bendoly, Sacha Clark, Visual Analytics for Management:

Relateds

missense · nonsense · nonsensical · sensemaker · sentience · sensical · make sense

Translations (2)

de Sinngebung (The process by which people give meaning to experience.) · de Sinnstiftung (The process by which people give meaning to experience.)