connotation
connotation
Definition
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
con′·no·ta′·tive (kän′ə tāt′iv, kə nōt′ə tiv) adjective or con′·no·ta′·tion·al
con′·no·ta′·tively adverb
connotation
Synonyms
connotation
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- carry: Why does the term carry such negative connotations for me?
- acquire: Increasingly it has acquired a negative connotation, implying excessive demand or pressure.
- attach: Connotations attached of the term also vary significantly between and within different countries.
- avoid: I would say principles rather than rules, to avoid the connotation of correctness.
- have: ABC also has connotations of grading degrees of failure.
- associate: Ballroom Unfortunately many may be put off by the connotations associated with ballroom dancing, particularly male potentials!
Adjective modifier
- pejorative: Bach argues against the pejorative connotations of " optical illusion " , which suggests they are visual malfunctions.
- negative: No negative connotation was intended by the label ' short ' .
- derogatory: Why should Muhammad use a name with such derogatory connotations, instead of his original name which has no such " historical " baggage.
- sinister: The history of the authority shows it to be incapable of policing cloning, which could have sinister connotations " .
- unfortunate: The word " selection " has unfortunate connotations; " choice " would be better.
- sexual: Most often this word seems to have sexual connotations.
Noun used with modifier
- pagan: The only exceptions were people who had a name with unpleasant or pagan connotations.
- class: Thirty years ago smoking had no clear social class connotations.
Possessives
- word: For lack of an exact equivalent, it may be termed soul, despite that word's other connotations.
Preposition: in
- context: In Trinitarian understanding the word God can have different connotations in different contexts.
Preposition: of
- word: A learner who fails to understand the connotation of a word will probably fail to get the message of the text.
- term: There are clearly enough connotations of the terms for them to be useful.
- violence: They did not wish their visual voice in that instance to be one that carried connotations of violence.
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