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Connotation logo #10101) Concept in logic 2) Implied idea 3) Import 4) Intension 5) Meaning 6) Significance 7) Signification
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Connotation

Connotation logo #10101) Hint 2) Implication 3) Intension 4) Meaning 5) Overtone 6) Sense
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Connotation

Connotation logo #21000 A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word`s or phrase`s explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation. A connotation is frequently described as either positive or negative, with regards to its pleasing or displeasing emotional connection. For example,.....
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Connotation logo #21000[semiotics] In semiotics, connotation arises when the denotative relationship between a signifier and its signified is inadequate to serve the needs of the community. A second level of meanings is termed connotative. These meanings are not objective representations of the thing, but new usages produced by the language group. ==Discussion== ...
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connotation logo #21032those words, things, or ideas with which a word often keeps company but which it does not actually denote. A word's semantic field consists largely of its lexical associations, that is, its more or less frequent collocations.
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Connotation logo #21002• (n.) The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
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connotation logo #20148[Noun] What a word makes you think of.
Example: The teenagers all carried cigarette packets in the play and the school said they were unhappy with the health connotations associated with smoking.
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Connotation logo #20629the various secondary meanings and overtones of a word: what associations it carries.
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Connotation logo #22385The extra tinge or taint of meaning each word carries beyond the minimal, strict definition found in
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Connotation logo #20972Con`no·ta'tion noun [ Confer French connotation .] The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
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Connotation logo #20492(Connotation / denotation (connote / connotative denote / denotative)) The denotation of a word is its direct, literal or specific meaning (as can be found in a dictionary). If a word also has implied or associated meanings when used in a certain way, these are called the word's connotations. The word 'bat' in this sentence is being used with its d...
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connotation logo #20001 suggestion in addition to 
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connotation logo #21063Emotions and associations which the use of a specific word evokes within the reader / listener.
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Connotation logo #22079Implications that go beyond the literal meaning of the word.
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Connotation logo #23818A connotation is a common feeling or association that a word has, in addition to its literal meaning (the denotation). Often, a series of words can have the same basic definitions, but completely different connotations—these are the emotions or meanings implied by a word, phrase, or thing.
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connotation logo #20974 noun an idea that is implied or suggested
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Connotation logo #21203The sum of the constitutive notes of the essence of a concept as it is in itself and not as it is for us. This logical property is thus measured by the sum of the notes of the concept, of the higher genera it implies, of the various essential attributes of its nature as such. This term is synonymous with intension and comprehension; yet, the dist.....
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connotation logo #21221Additional meaning or meanings carried by a word which exceed the obvious or literal definition. The most common usage is in metaphor. Calling someone a `sloth`, instead of meaning that the person looks like a sloth, uses the connotation of that animal with its characteristic slow movement, thus the metaphor is employed to suggest that th...
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connotation logo #21199an act or instance of connoting. · the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning:Cf. denotation (def. 1). A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.” · the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining th...
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Connotation logo #23752in a literary work, an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its dictionary definition; an implication that goes beyond the actual meaning of a word. Connotations can be positive (childlike [innocent, happy], dove [peaceful] or negative (chicken [cowardly]).
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connotation logo #23037Additional meaning which arises due to the associations a word has.
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connotation logo #23665 the internal content of a term or concept
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connotation logo #23665[SAT terms] an idea that is implied or suggested
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connotation logo #23665 an idea that is implied or suggested
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connotation logo #23665[Intelligent words] an idea that is implied or suggested
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