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intentionals

intentionals is the plural of intentional.

Meaning of intentional

Noun

intentional (plural intentionals)

  1. (archaic) Something that has no essential underlying structure but apparition only as defined by perception; object only because consciousness is directed to it.
  2. The cohortative mood as found in Hebrew (terminology borrowed from Julius Friedrich Böttcher † 1863 and now outmoded), and constructions of similar purpose in even more exotic languages.
    • Tariana distinguishes interrogative and imperative moods. Interrogative mood is marked through a separate set of evidentials fused with tense (see §14.2). Imperatives are discussed in §16.1. Modalities include: frustrative (§16.2), intentional (§16.3), apprehensive (§16.4), uncertainty (§16.5)...2003, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, “16 - Mood and modality”, in A Grammar of Tariana, from Northwest Amazonia, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 371, 383

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Questions about intentionals

What is intentionals the plural of?
Intentionals is the plural of intentional.

Words near intentionals in the dictionary

  1. intentionalistically
  2. intentionalists
  3. intentionalities
  4. intentionality
  5. intentionally
  6. intentionals
  7. intentioned
  8. intentioning
  9. intentionless
  10. intentionlessness
  11. intentions

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