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actionness

noun

Etymology

From action + -ness.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from āctiō
  3. derived from aucion
  4. inherited from accioun
  5. suffixed as actionness — “action + ness”

Definitions

  1. The property of being an action.

    • 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).
    • Thus despite the usefulness of the noun 'agency' to describe actionness, and the ubiquity of the 'agency–structure debate' […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA