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sensemaking.

The process by which people give meaning to experience.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō 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 English making English sensemaking From sense + making.

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