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Intensifier
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 That which intensifies.
- 2 a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies wordnet
- 3 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."
- 4 A chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph.
Etymology
From intensify + -er; from the most common use of such terms, to intensify an adjective.
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