Definition

Adjective: 1. Relating to or involved in communication: Describes anything pertaining to the act or process of exchanging information, ideas, or messages. 2. Used in or for communication: Refers to tools, methods, channels, or behaviors that serve the purpose of conveying information.

Usage

The adjective "communicational" is used to modify nouns, specifying that they are related to the field, process, or act of communication. It is a formal term often found in academic, technical, or analytical contexts discussing communication theory, systems, or behaviors.

Examples

• The study identified several key communicational barriers within the multinational team.
• Email and instant messaging are primary communicational tools in the modern workplace.
• Her research focuses on the communicational patterns between doctors and patients.
• The breakdown was not technical but purely communicational.

Advanced Usage

• Communicational competence: The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in various social contexts.
  • Success in a customer-facing role requires high communicational competence.
• Communicational intent: The purpose or goal behind a specific act of communication.
  • The analyst tried to decipher the communicational intent of the ambiguous statement.

Variants and Related Words

• Communication (n): The act or process of communicating; the exchange of information.
• Communicate (v): To share or exchange information, news, or ideas.
• Communicative (adj): Willing, eager, or able to talk or impart information. (Note: "Communicative" often describes a person's personality or demeanor, while "communicational" describes aspects related to the process itself.)
• Communicator (n): A person who communicates, especially one skilled at conveying information.

Synonyms

• Communicative (in some contexts)
• Informational
• Expressive
• Connective

Antonyms

• Noncommunicative
• Uncommunicative
• Isolated

Related Phrases

• Communicational channel: The medium or system used to convey a message (e.g., speech, writing, digital signal).
  • They established a secure communicational channel for the negotiation.
• Communicational breakdown: A failure in the process of exchanging information, leading to misunderstanding.
  • The project delay was caused by a severe communicational breakdown between departments.

Adjective

1. used in communication
   • he had few communicational grooves available for use