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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King