intensation

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noun

The act or process of intensifying; intensification.

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Meanings

nounintensation (countable and uncountable, plural intensations)

plural intensations

  1. archaiccountableuncountableThe act or process of intensifying; intensification.

    And who will warrant us that, at the same time, he shall only be an intensation and continuation of the old, which in general, is what we long and look for?

    1828, Thomas Carlyle, “Goethe”, in Foreign Review

Origin

From intense + -ation.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

antitension
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APA

intensation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensation

MLA

“intensation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intensation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensation.

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