Enaction
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Enaction is a noun meaning The process of enacting something.
Meaning
The process of enacting something.
More Meanings
- (philosophy, cognitive science, computer science) The interpretation of consciousness or understanding as a process of meaningfully engaging and interacting with the world in a hierarchy of actions that produce reactions.
Example Sentences
a wide spectrum of tics and compulsive movements […] which were enactions of sudden urges.
An appreciation of the power of enaction in our understandings of the mind will throw into relief the question of motivations and goals.
The first mention of enaction as a history of couplings that bring forth a world referred to the activity of "sensorimotor networks". (Varela et al. 1991)
Third, drawing on enaction and embodiment gives us the means for considering actions taken in response to musical sounds as sufficient for cognition, and thus constitutive of listeners' musical understanding.
Word Forms
- enactions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include enactment, enacting, enacture, effectuation, reenactment, reenaction.
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