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con·no·ta·tion (kän′ə tā′s̸hən)
noun
- the act or process of connoting
- something connoted; idea or notion suggested by or associated with a word, phrase, etc. in addition to its explicit meaning, or denotation “politician” has different connotations from “statesman”
- Logic the properties possessed by all the objects in a term's extension; intension
Etymology: ME connotacion < ML connotatio
Related Forms:
- connotative con′·no·ta′·tive (kän′ə tāt′iv, kə nōt′ə tiv) adjective or connotational con′·no·ta′·tion·al
- connotatively con′·no·ta′·tively adverb
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