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Definition of "enactive" [en•act•ive]

  • Having power to enact or establish as a law. (adjective)

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Use "enactive" in a sentence
  • "These are directed toward the purpose of the book (it ought to be for an audience that would include teachers), its style and organization (loose and weak), and its content, especially the presentation of Bruner's very important observations and interpretations of the human modes of knowing which he calls the enactive, the iconic, and the symbolic."
  • "And on the other side, I cannot accept Bruner's sharp distinction between "enactive" and "iconic.""
  • "On the other, several cognitive psychologists suggested versions of what may be called enactive (or sensorimotor, or perceptual activity) [40] imagery theories (Hochberg, 1968; Hebb, 1968, 1969; Gibson, 1970,"