agential
agential adjective: of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.
Adjective
agential (comparative more agential, superlative most agential)
- Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.
- Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.2012 January, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60
- That forms agent nouns.
- Even if the suffix be formally identical with the agential suffix, it has not the same function.1918, Henry Bradley, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, volume IX, page 922, column 2
Noun
agential (plural agentials)
- An affix that forms agent nouns.
- Semantically, a majority of agentials refer to avian vocalization. Examples are: screamer, whistler, warbler, trumpeter, and the suffixless chat.1986, Geolinguistics, page 19
Forms of agential
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more agential |
| superlative | most agential |
| Noun | |
| plural | agentials |
Origin of agential
From agent + -ial.
Words formed from agential
Questions about agential
- What does agential mean?
- Agential means of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.
- What part of speech is agential?
- Agential can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near agential in the dictionary
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