intensive pronoun

noun

To emphasize a preceding noun or another pronoun, as an adverbial adjunct.

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Meanings

nounintensive pronoun (plural intensive pronouns)

plural intensive pronouns

  1. A pronoun used to emphasize some other nominal element in its clause:
    1. grammarTo emphasize a preceding noun or another pronoun, as an adverbial adjunct.
    2. grammarIn apposition with a noun or pronoun, as an adnominal adjunct.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
self-intensifier
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APA

intensive pronoun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensive%20pronoun

MLA

“intensive pronoun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensive%20pronoun. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intensive pronoun,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensive%20pronoun.

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