1) Indication 2) Naming
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1) Meaning 2) Sense
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the everyday or common sense meaning of a sign. Connotation
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Denotation is a translation of a sign to its meaning, more exactly, to its literal meaning. Denotation is sometimes contrasted to connotation, which translates a sign to meanings associated with it. ==In semiotics== In logic, linguistics and semiotics, the denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its meaning; however, the part referred to varie...
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[semiotics] In semiotics, denotation is the surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary. ==Discussion == Drawing from the original word or definition proposed by Saussure (1857-1913), a sign has two parts: To transmit information, both the addresser and the addressee must use t...
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what a word points to, names, or refers to, either in the world of things or in the mind.
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• (n.) The marking off or separation of anything.
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the dictionary meaning of a word, what it literally denotes.
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The minimal, strict definition of a word as found in a dictionary, disregarding any historical or em
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what a word points to, names, or refers to, either in the world of things or in the mind.
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De`no·ta'tion noun [ Latin
denotatio : confer French
dénotation .] The marking off or separation of anything.
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(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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Literal meaning of a word. See also connotation.
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The exact meaning of a word, without the feelings or suggestions that the word may imply.
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Denotation is a word’ or thing’s “dictionary defintion”, i.e. its literal meaning.
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the literal definition of a word.
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noun the act of indicating or pointing out by name
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The subjects (i.e., those entities which possess attributes) of which a term may be predicated, e.g., the term 'man' denotes Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, etc. (J. S. Mill) 'Denotation' in this sense should be distinguished from 'extension' in the sense in which that signifies the subclasses of the class determined by the term. The former indicates ....
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the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal exper......
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the precise/actual meaning of a word outside of the feelings it evokes; the dictionary meaning of a word or phrase. In fiction writing, writers will play off a word's denotative meaning against its connotations or implied associational implications.
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The relationship between a word and the non-linguistic, 'outside' world. For instance one could say that the denotation of cup is a small vessel-like object for holding beverages.
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the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
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