Associations to the word «Intensional»

Wiktionary

INTENSIONAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to intension.
INTENSIONAL DEFINITION, noun. (semantics) A definition that gives the meaning of a term by specifying all the properties of the things to which the term applies.
INTENSIONAL LOGIC, noun. (logic) A formal deductive system able to represent the distinction between intension and extension of a term.

Dictionary definition

INTENSIONAL, adjective. Used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke