Meaning & use
Intensions
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In logic and semantics, the internal meaning or set of properties that define a concept, as distinct from its extension, the set of things to which it applies.
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Philosophers distinguish the intensions of a term, such as 'unmarried man' for 'bachelor', from its extension, the actual set of bachelors.
Two expressions can share the same extension while having different intensions.
A note on using this word
This technical term is frequently confused with the everyday word 'intentions'; they are spelled and pronounced almost identically but mean very different things.
Words with an opposite meaning
extensions
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