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agential

American  
[ey-jen-shuhl] / eɪˈdʒɛn ʃəl /

adjective

  1. pertaining to an agent or agency.

  2. Grammar. agentive.


Etymology

Origin of agential

First recorded in 1870–75; agent + -ial

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

So cognitive enhancements appear to be a mixed bag as a person-engineering approach to mitigating agential terror.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2018

What about the effect of cognitive enhancements on agential error—the risk that humans eradicate themselves by mistake?

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