intentional

[in-ten-shuh-nl]

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adjective

done with intention or on purpose; intended: an intentional insult.
of or relating to intention or purpose.
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.

Origin of intentional

First recorded in 1520–30; intention + -al¹

Related formsin·ten·tion·al·i·ty, nounin·ten·tion·al·ly, adverbsub·in·ten·tion·al, adjectivesub·in·ten·tion·al·ly, adverb

Synonyms for intentional

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1. designed, planned.

Synonym study

1. See deliberate.

Antonyms for intentional

1. accidental.

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Related Words for intentionally

deliberately, willfully, designedly

Examples from the Web for intentionally

Contemporary Examples of intentionally

“Lying is intentionally, intentionally misleading someone, all right,” he told Newsmax.
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Nick Gillespie
December 11, 2014
The marketing for the film was designed to intentionally mislead viewers into believing that it was based on a true story.
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October 31, 2014
We have intentionally kept Pomplamoose very light and fun.
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October 27, 2014
That a few white and Western-trained doctors have intentionally used disease to harm Africans in the past.
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Abby Haglage
September 20, 2014
There are people who intentionally stoke the flames of hate against our community.
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Dean Obeidallah
September 11, 2014

Historical Examples of intentionally

With this object in view the wording is intentionally plain and non-technical.
Flying Machines
W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
I do not suppose, my dear, that you intentionally told an untruth; it was an exaggeration.
Quaint Courtships
Various
But now, let us reason with the unjust, who is not intentionally in error.
The Republic
Plato
Come, now, and let us gently reason with the unjust, who is not intentionally in error.
The Republic
Plato
But when Odysseus speaks falsely he is voluntarily and intentionally false.
Lesser Hippias
Plato

British Dictionary definitions for intentionally

intentional

adjective

performed by or expressing intention; deliberate
of or relating to intention or purpose
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 unicornSee also intensional

Derived Formsintentionality, nounintentionally, adverb

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Word Origin and History for intentionally

adv.

"on purpose," 1660s; see intentional + -ly (2).

intentional

adj.

1520s, from Medieval Latin intentionalis, from intentionem (see intention). Intentional fallacy recorded from 1946. Related: Intentionality.