English Explanatory Dictionary

sensemaking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process by which people give meaning to experience.

Word forms

sensemaking

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentjō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense Old English macung Middle English making English making English sensemaking From sense + making.

Related words

make sense missense nonsense nonsensical sensical sentience
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