actional

actional

English

Etymology

    From action + -al.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈækʃənəl/

    Adjective

    actional (not comparable)

    1. Of, pertaining to, or depicting action, especially physical action.
      • 1999, Bruce Bashford, Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Humanist, page 133:
        There is his view discussed earlier, for instance, that the actional realm is inimical to human purpose.
    2. (grammar, of a verb) Depicting an action having an agent and a patient.

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