INTENTIONALITY Definition & Meaning

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intentionality

[ in-ten-shuh-nal-i-tee ]

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noun

the fact or quality of being done on purpose or with intent:
The author’s choice here may not have been intentionally racially charged, but discrimination and prejudice are often not rooted in intentionality.
an attitude of purposefulness, with a commitment to deliberate action:
“Active hope” is a practice that does not require optimism; instead, it requires intentionality.
Metaphysics.
1. the capacity of the mind to refer to an existent or nonexistent object:
  The mind has intentionality as it is directed toward something it affirms, desires, loves, or hates; but the something is not necessarily real.
2. (said of consciousness or a sign) the fact or property of pointing beyond itself:
  We relate to the world through intentionality—the capacity of consciousness to be about states of affairs outside itself.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of intentionality¹

First recorded in 1610–20; from Medieval Latin ��Գٱ�Գپ�ō��, equivalent to intentional ( def ) + -ity ( def )

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This is nothing radical – people were doing this since the beginning of time – but it takes a greater amount of intentionality in a world of globalized food sourcing.

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Since you’re a creative who writes and directs as well, how much intentionality do you put behind things like representation in your work?

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Those who are unfamiliar with the world of the Christian Right, with how these fundamentalists and literalists see reality and politics, are missing so much of the intentionality behind Trump and his use of language.

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The second, applied to those who meet the four legislative homelessness tests as laid out in the Northern Ireland Housing Order 1988, including: eligibility, homelessness, priority need and intentionality.

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“In real life, it might be presented slightly more subtly, but the undertone, the energy, the intentionality is out there in the world like that,” Moore confirms.

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