MEANING
An increase in the strength, degree, seriousness, or concentrated activity of something.
Use it for
describing a process becoming stronger rather than merely wider; analyzing increasing pressure or effort; distinguishing greater intensity from simple continuationIdentifies an increase in degree or pressure, not necessarily spread to more places or people. Academic functions: Change / Pattern / Trend.
Words that belong together
- the intensification of conflict
- labor intensification
- intensification of competition
On the page
The chapter distinguishes the intensification of competition from the entry of more firms.
The policy encouraged labor intensification without extending the working day.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- intensification
Usage notes
Normally uncountable; an intensification names a particular increase in degree. Plural intensifications is possible for distinct episodes. Register: formal. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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