intensifier en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From intensify + -er; from the most common use of such terms, to intensify an adjective.
Meanings
- That which intensifies.
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A word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term.
“Plus-” and “doubleplus-” are both intensifiers that replace words of different extremities, and the words very and extremely respectively. So words like great, excellent and horrible are rendered redundant in Newspeak, replaced by “plusgood”, “doubleplusgood” and “doubleplusungood” respectively. Note how “un-” has to follow the intensifier prefix.
2020 August 8, Zui, “Controlled Languages — Newspeak”, in The Language Closet:
- A chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| intensifiers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (16)
fi intensifikaattori (a word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term) · ca intensificador (that which intensifies) · pt intensificador (that which intensifies) · hu fokozószó (a word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term) · de Intensitätspartikel (a word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term) · es intensificador (that which intensifies) · hu nyomatékosító (a word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term) · fi vahvistin (that which intensifies) · de Steigerungspartikel (a word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term) · fi korjain (a chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph) · hu nyomósító szó (a word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term) · hu nyomatékosítószó (a word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term) · fi vahvistin (a chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph) · fi valonvahvistin (a chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph) · hu nyomósítószó (a word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term) · fr intensificateur (that which intensifies)