Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit. Contrasted with
denotative .
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
connotation .
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- adjective of or relating to a connotation
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Examples
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This is not to say that an overblown articulation lacks some denotational insight, I stress, but to say it lacks connotational impact.
Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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This is not to say that an overblown articulation lacks some denotational insight, I stress, but to say it lacks connotational impact.
On the Sublime Hal Duncan 2010
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I think I am gender neutral on that one - but I do realize that it is hard for other people to navigate the personal minefield that is my connotational experience.
When We ASS-U-ME JLK 2009
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I wonder if there is an official term for what I mean by connotational experience.
When We ASS-U-ME JLK 2009
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“You made your connotational bed, now lie in it.”
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There are specific connotational disincentives to “liberal,” too.
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On a different tack, he chooses winter and spring, words that have gigantic semantic fields, with several denotational and connotational meanings, and countless metaphorical extensions.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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On a different tack, he chooses winter and spring, words that have gigantic semantic fields, with several denotational and connotational meanings, and countless metaphorical extensions.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The results suggested that this affective, connotational or semantic component could play an extremely important role in cognitive processing generally.
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A major thrust in our current work is aimed at determining more precisely what shades of emotional, connotational or semantic content are able to cross through the brainstem and how they affect cognitive processing on the other side.
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