Etymology
Origin of agential
Example Sentences
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Are there any other results in neuroscience that tell us something intriguing about our agential control?
From Scientific American • Mar. 21, 2020
Chimps don’t have the same agential capacities as humans, but they arguably meet the requirements of agency.
From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2019
Insofar as this argument is sound, the positive effects of cognitive enhancements on agential error may be especially pronounced as the world becomes more socially, politically, and technologically complex.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2018
For example, superior knowledge about supervolcanoes, infectious diseases, asteroids, comets, climate change, biodiversity loss, particle physics, geoengineering, emerging technologies, and agential risks could lead to improved responses to these threats.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2018
This is an example of the French use of -on as an agential suffix.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
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