acteme

English

Etymology

act +‎ -eme

Noun

acteme (plural actemes)

1. (psychology, semiotics) A unit of behavior.
   • 1970, Fritz Kramer, Literature among the Cuna Indians:

     A realisation of an acteme is called an act, and is the content of one semantically homogeneous verse series.

Translations

a unit of behavior

• Portuguese: actema m

Anagrams

• McAtee, mecate