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
Chimps don’t have the same agential capacities as humans, but they arguably meet the requirements of agency.
From Scientific American
This is an example of the French use of -on as an agential suffix.
From Project Gutenberg
It passed not only into French, but also into the Germanic languages, replacing the Teutonic agential suffix which consisted of a single vowel.
From Project Gutenberg
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