connotation
11connotation — [kän΄ə tā′shən] n. [ME connotacion < ML connotatio] 1. the act or process of connoting 2. something connoted; idea or notion suggested by or associated with a word, phrase, etc. in addition to its explicit meaning, or denotation [“politician”… …
12Connotation — Dénotation et connotation Les termes de cet article sont fréquemment amalgamés : discipline de la sémantique : Dénotation , connotation En linguistique le sens ou signifié dénotatif, la dénotation, s oppose au sens ou signifié… …
13Connotation — For the technical term in semiotics, see connotation (semiotics). A connotation is a commonly understood subjective cultural and/or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word s or phrase s explicit or literal… …
14connotation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ obvious, strong ▪ the obvious symbolic connotations of his name ▪ broad (esp. AmE), wider (esp. BrE) ▪ The term ‘at risk youth’ has taken on broad connotations …
15connotation — connotative /kon euh tay tiv, keuh noh teuh /, connotive, adj. connotatively, connotively, adv. /kon euh tay sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of connoting. 2. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its… …
16connotation — con|no|ta|tion [ˌkɔnəˈteıʃən US ˌka: ] n a quality or an idea that a word makes you think of that is more than its basic meaning →↑denotation connotation of ▪ The word professional has connotations of skill and excellence. ▪ a negative… …
17connotation — UK [ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms connotation : singular connotation plural connotations linguistics an additional idea or emotion that a word suggests to you, that is not part of its usual meaning the negative …
18connotation — noun Date: 1532 1. a. the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes b. something suggested by a word or thing ; implication < the connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair > …
19connotation — See connotation, denotation …
20connotation — [[t]kɒ̱nəte͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] connotations N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of. It s just one of those words that s got so many negative connotations …
