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processual

processual adjective: of or relating to a process, especially to the methodological study of processes in social science.

Adjective

processual (comparative more processual, superlative most processual)

  1. Of or relating to a process, especially to the methodological study of processes in social science.
    • In order to address the systematic, processual character of interpersonal interactions — the larger mosaic of micro-level patterns — we must postulate subapparent but encompassing structures of social activity.2017, Paul B. Stretesky, Michael J. Lynch, Radical and Marxist Theories of Crime
  2. Of or relating to the methodological study of cultural change and variability in archaeology.

Forms of processual

comparativemore processual
superlativemost processual

Origin of processual

From process + -ual.

Words formed from processual

Questions about processual

What does processual mean?
Processual means of or relating to a process, especially to the methodological study of processes in social science.
What part of speech is processual?
Processual is an adjective.

Words near processual in the dictionary

  1. processomes
  2. processor
  3. processor time
  4. processor times
  5. processors
  6. processual
  7. processualism
  8. processualist
  9. processualists
  10. processualities
  11. processuality

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