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INTENSIONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intensional mean?
• INTENSIONAL (adjective)
The adjective INTENSIONAL has 1 sense:
1. used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word
Familiarity information: INTENSIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word
Similar:
connotative (having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Derivation:
intension (what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression)
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