connotation
IPA: kɑnʌtˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
- (logic) The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.
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Examples of "connotation" in Sentences
- The connotation changed in the past decades.
- It creates ineluctable connotations of Nazism.
- Sometimes the connotation overrides the denotation.
- The archaeological connotation of the find was significant.
- The words mean the same thing, but the connotation is different.
- Is the difference merely in the connotation, not in the denotation
- In usage it has connotations of degradation, baseness and meanness of spirit.