intensional

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1. intensional - Adjective

2. intensional - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word

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A large class of intensional statements, but by no means all, can be spotted from the fact that they contain intensional operators. Source: Internet

Broadview Press, 1996. p. 49 Definitions can be classified into two large categories, intensional definitions (which try to give the essence of a term) and extensional definitions (which proceed by listing the objects that a term describes). Source: Internet

Classes of intensional definitions main A genus–differentia definition is a type of intensional definition that takes a large category (the genus) and narrows it down to a smaller category by a distinguishing characteristic (i.e. the differentia). Source: Internet

An intensional statement is a statement that is an instance of an intensional statement-form. Source: Internet

English, in common with every other natural language, is an intensional language. Source: Internet

He notes that this first "intensional definition" is simply "to drink", but that this is only a metaphor "much as English 'I see' often means the same as 'I understand'". Source: Internet

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