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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INTENTIONALITY

INTENTIONALITY In *ten `tion *al "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

intentionality

in ten tion al i ty |inˌtenCHəˈnalitē ɪnˌtɛn (t )ʃəˈnælədi | ▶noun the fact of being deliberate or purposive. • Philosophy the quality of mental states (e.g., thoughts, beliefs, desires, hopes ) that consists in their being directed toward some object or state of affairs.

 

Oxford Dictionary

intentionality

in ¦ten ¦tion |al ¦ity |ɪˈntɛnʃ (ə )nalɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the fact of being deliberate or purposive. • Philosophy the quality of mental states (e.g. thoughts, beliefs, desires, hopes ) which consists in their being directed towards some object or state of affairs.