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EXTENSIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies
Classified under:
Similar:
denotative; denotive (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Derivation:
extension (the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to)
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