"intentionality" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-intentionality.ogg Forms: intentionalities [plural]
Etymology: From intentional + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|intentional|ity}} intentional + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} intentionality (countable and uncountable, plural intentionalities)
  1. The quality of being intentional. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. (philosophy) The characteristic of a mental state whereby it is about something, which relates to mental states in an analogous way as meaning relates to a word. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations ((phil.) characteristic ...; ability to refer to sth.): intentionaalisuus (Finnish), intentionnalité [feminine] (French), Intentionalität [feminine] (German), 作為 (sakui) (Japanese), intencjonalność [feminine] (Polish), целенапра́вленность (celenaprávlennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), преднаме́ренность (prednamérennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
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