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intentionality

[in-ten-shuh-nal-i-tee] / ɪnˌtɛn ʃəˈnæl ɪ ti /
NOUN
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Today, the places that call themselves speakeasies are about intentionality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Another one is to have really good intentionality around what you’re doing on your devices.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

There is a lack of intentionality around how you both manage your money.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

On TikTok and Instagram, the “underconsumption core” trend is less about deprivation and more about intentionality.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

Materialists deny the principle of causality, 194, 203--and of intentionality or final cause, 211-225; Anaximander, Leucippus, and Democritus belong to the materialistic school, 286-293: Epicurus a materialist, 442-446.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)