ergativity /ɜː(ɹ)ɡəˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ noun1 •The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the object of a transitive verb is treated the same way as the subject of an intransitive one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.
