intentional
[in-ten-shuh-nl]
- done with intention or on purpose; intended: an intentional insult.
- of or relating to intention or purpose.
- Metaphysics.
- pertaining to an appearance, phenomenon, or representation in the mind; phenomenal; representational.
- pertaining to the capacity of the mind to refer to an existent or nonexistent object.
- pointing beyond itself, as consciousness or a sign.
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Origin of intentional
Synonyms
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1. See deliberate.
Antonyms
1. accidental.
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Examples from the Web for intentionally
Contemporary Examples
“Lying is intentionally, intentionally misleading someone, all right,” he told Newsmax.
The marketing for the film was designed to intentionally mislead viewers into believing that it was based on a true story.
We have intentionally kept Pomplamoose very light and fun.
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That a few white and Western-trained doctors have intentionally used disease to harm Africans in the past.
There are people who intentionally stoke the flames of hate against our community.
Historical Examples
With this object in view the wording is intentionally plain and non-technical.
Flying MachinesW.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
I do not suppose, my dear, that you intentionally told an untruth; it was an exaggeration.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
But now, let us reason with the unjust, who is not intentionally in error.
The RepublicPlato
Come, now, and let us gently reason with the unjust, who is not intentionally in error.
The RepublicPlato
But when Odysseus speaks falsely he is voluntarily and intentionally false.
Lesser HippiasPlato
intentional
- performed by or expressing intention; deliberate
- of or relating to intention or purpose
- philosophy
- of or relating to the capacity of the mind to refer to different kinds of objects
- (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
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Word Origin and History for intentionally
adv.
"on purpose," 1660s; see intentional + -ly (2).
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intentional
adj.
1520s, from Medieval Latin intentionalis, from intentionem (see intention). Intentional fallacy recorded from 1946. Related: Intentionality.
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