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connotation
[ kon-uh-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning:
A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”
- the act of connoting; the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning.
Synonyms: , ,
- something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described:
“Religion” has always had a negative connotation for me.
- Logic. the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining the range of objects to which that term may be applied; comprehension; intension.
connotation
/ ˈkɒnəˌteɪtɪv; ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən; kəˈnəʊtə- /
noun
- an association or idea suggested by a word or phrase; implication
- the act or fact of connoting
- logic another name for intension
connotation
- The meaning that a word suggests or implies. A connotation includes the emotions or associations that surround a word. For example, the word modern strictly means “belonging to recent times,” but the word's connotations can include such notions as “new, up to date, experimental.”
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԲԴˌٲپ, adverb
- connotative, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- Dz·Դ·ٲ·پ [kon, -, uh, -tey-tiv, k, uh, -, noh, -t, uh, -], Dz·Դt adjective
- Dzn·ٲt· Dz·Դt·ly adverb
- ԴDz·Dzn·ٲt adjective
- non·Dzn·ٲt· adverb
- ܲ·Dzn·ٲt adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of connotation1
Example Sentences
For example, “saudade,” in Portuguese and Galician is similar to nostalgia, but doesn’t have the same connotations with memory, such that it can be felt with things that have not been experienced before.
That created a word that looks and sounds close enough to another word with obscene connotations that one X user commented Monday: “Angels hat flying close to the sun.”
Many factors can influence whether a person sees uncertainty with a negative connotation.
Chocolate, which was once a symbol of power and virility, took on more feminine connotations once women could enjoy it.
And just as words and their meaning can impose a certain reality, the opposite also can be true: A word’s connotations can evolve alongside the things it denotes.
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