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intension::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | connotation |
| Type of | import, meaning, significance, signification |
| Derivation | intensional |
Examples of intension
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Either your breaking the law or your not, regardless of your intension or desire.
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In logic and semantics, connotation is roughly synonymous with intension.
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Semantics is the study of intension, that is, the intrinsic meanings of words and phrases.
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Intension is analogous to the signified, extension to the referent.
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If i had any bad intension i definitely wouldn't go through the steps of licensing my arms.
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The intension thus links the signifier to the sign's extension.
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Without intension of some sort, words can have no meaning.
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We have no intension of moving or selling.
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I step in, with no intension of hurting Jessica.
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- What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
- (intensional) used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word
- In linguistics, logic, philosophy, and other fields, an intension is any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol. In the case of a word, it is often implied by the word's definition. ...
- (INTENSIONAL) Having, or presupposing, a use of terms that relates not to the extension (that is, the individual things that actually happen to fall under these terms in this world) but determines what could or could not fall under the term (in for example any possible world). E.g. ...
- The meaning of an expression. See extension / intension.
- An abstract description of something, as distinguished from the extension, which is the thing described. For example, ``John wants to own the fastest car in town'' is an intensional description of what John wants. ...
- The collection of properties that characterize the phenomena in the extension of the concept
- The degree of presence of color in the stone. Position on a scale from colorless to bright intension colors.
