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intentional

[ in-ten-shuh-nl ]

adjective

  1. done with intention or on purpose; intended:

    an intentional insult.

    Synonyms: planned, designed

    Antonyms: accidental

  2. of or relating to intention or purpose.
  3. Metaphysics.
    1. pertaining to an appearance, phenomenon, or representation in the mind; phenomenal; representational.
    2. pertaining to the capacity of the mind to refer to an existent or nonexistent object.
    3. pointing beyond itself, as consciousness or a sign.


intentional

/ ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl /

adjective

  1. performed by or expressing intention; deliberate
  2. of or relating to intention or purpose
  3. philosophy
    1. of or relating to the capacity of the mind to refer to different kinds of objects
    2. (of an object) existing only as the object of some mental attitude rather than in reality, as a unicorn in she hopes to meet a unicorn See also intensional


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Derived Forms

  • inˈtentionally, adverb
  • inˌtentionˈality, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·ten·tion·al·i·ty [in-ten-sh, uh, -, nal, -i-tee], noun
  • in·ten·tion·al·ly adverb
  • sub·in·ten·tion·al adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of intentional1

First recorded in 1520–30; intention + -al 1

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Example Sentences

At the moment, the same dynamic is at work, but largely the result of market forces, not intentional policy in Washington.

But there is more to this behaviour than intentional amnesia.

Surely it was intentional and perpetrated by Assad or ISIS or a still-unrecognized radical group.

The Estonian statement implied the alleged abduction is an intentional slap in the face to the Americans.

To McCain, that amounts to an American alliance with those countries, whether that was intentional or not.

He loathed himself for submitting to her cruelty, for it was intentional cruelty—she made him writhe and suffer of set purpose.

The term malice means something more than "the intentional doing of a wrongful act to the injury of another without legal excuse."

According to him, literature ought to be intentional, and the accidental restrained as much as possible.

And for two years he had without intentional selfishness kept Sara Lee for himself.

It was more ferocious than the merely brutal glare of a tiger; it was an intentional malignity, super-beastly and sub-human.

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