enactively

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adverb

In an enactive manner; by acting out.

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Meanings

adverbenactively (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn an enactive manner; by acting out.
    1 more example

    I was chatting with his director, and he was walking by himself a few yards behind. Suddenly I thought I heard my patient. I was extremely startled, and turned round — and saw it was Dustin thinking to himself, but thinking with his body, thinking enactively, thinking of the young autistic man he had just seen.

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin

From enactive + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

enactively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enactively

MLA

“enactively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enactively. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enactively,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enactively.

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