intensionalism
The belief that language acquires meaning from thought or belief, which is…The belief that language acquires meaning from thought or belief, which is fundamentally non-linguistic, and that propositions are therefore independent of language.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The belief that language acquires meaning from thought or belief, which is fundamentally non-linguistic, and that propositions are therefore independent of language.
Origin
From intensional + -ism.From intensional + -ism.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedintensionalist
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable