agentic
/eɪˈd͡ʒɛn.tɪk/adjective
agentic is an adjective meaning “That behaves like an agent: able to express or expressing agency or control on one's own behalf or on the behalf of another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-G-E-N-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does agentic mean?
adjective
- 1
That behaves like an agent: able to express or expressing agency or control on one's own behalf or on the behalf of another.
- 2
Acting autonomously on behalf of a user; (now especially artificial intelligence) involving the use of agentic AI.
- 3
That obeys authority (introduced in Milgram's theory).
Most individuals can be easily triggered to enter, and be comfortable in the agentic state.
- 4
Having to do with performance, or achieving status.
- 5
Having agency; able to make independent decisions in pursuit of a goal.
Billy was agentic in his learning and didn't only do what the teacher told him.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce agentic?
- /eɪˈd͡ʒɛn.tɪk/
- /əˈd͡ʒɛn.tɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-agentic.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-agentic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of agentic
- more agentic comparative
- most agentic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is agentic?
Agentic appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Agentic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense concept in Milgram's theory:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | en mode mission |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does agentic come from?
From agent + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).