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superactivity en · NOUN

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Etymology

From super- + activity or superactive + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A state of heightened or excessive activity.
   • enzyme superactivity
2. (countable, uncountable) A scout group activity involving adventure away from home.
   • Probably the most common visitor was the Boy Scout. In the 1940s, Boy Scout leaders in Salt Lake City had searched for a superactivity to count as the final requirement for the Explorer badge. 1999, Jared Farmer, Glen Canyon dammed: inventing Lake Powell and the Canyon Country, page 103:
   • There were also joint workshops, on such practical items as superactivities, money earning projects, officers' seminars, and recruiting new members. 1971, Scouting (volume 59, number 2, March-April 1971, page 12)

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