EXTENSIONAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies

Classified under:

Adjectives

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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