Actionness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Actionness is a noun meaning (philosophy, linguistics) The property of being an action.
Meaning
(philosophy, linguistics) The property of being an action.
Example Sentences
Thus despite the usefulness of the noun 'agency' to describe actionness, and the ubiquity of the 'agency–structure debate' […]
That action which, upon being performed, does not prejudicially affect its agent is deemed to have lost its nature of 'actionness' (karmatva) as well as its binding force (bandhakatva).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include actionality, doingness, agentivity, activeness, activity, animatedness.
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