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intentionality

[ in-ten-shuh-nal-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the fact or quality of being done on purpose or with intent:
The author’s choice here may not have been intentionally racially charged, but discrimination and prejudice are often not rooted in intentionality.
an attitude of purposefulness, with a commitment to deliberate action:
“Active hope” is a practice that does not require optimism; instead, it requires intentionality.
Metaphysics.
1. the capacity of the mind to refer to an existent or nonexistent object:
  The mind has intentionality as it is directed toward something it affirms, desires, loves, or hates; but the something is not necessarily real.
2. (said of consciousness or a sign) the fact or property of pointing beyond itself:
  We relate to the world through intentionality—the capacity of consciousness to be about states of affairs outside itself.

First recorded in 1610–20; from Medieval Latin intentiōnālitās, equivalent to intentional ( def ) + -ity ( def )

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