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: import, implication, undertonesomething 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 British / ˈkɒnəˌteɪtɪv, ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən, kəˈnəʊtə- / nounan association or idea suggested by a word or phrase; implication
the act or fact of connoting
logic another name for intension
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 connotation CulturalThe 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.”
Other Word Forms connotative adjective connotatively adverb connotive adjective connotively adverb nonconnotative adjective nonconnotatively adverb unconnotative adjective Etymology Origin of connotationFirst recorded 1375–1425, for an earlier sense, 1525–35 for current senses; late Middle English connotacion, from Medieval Latin connotātiōn-, stem of connotātiō “a noting, marking with,” equivalent to connotāt(us) “marked with” (past participle of connotāre “to note in addition to, mark along with”; connote ) + -iō -ion
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And weed into the outfit's feminine cut and low-key tones are connotations of "stability, dependence, soft power", she says.
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Detty December, a popular term for Ghana and Nigeria's end-of-year party season, can he "negative connotations", Ghana's official for diaspora affairs has said, adding that he does not want the label linked with his country.
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Emojis can he an "infantile connotation" which could lead to people perceiving you as younger, less senior, capable or responsible, he says.
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In the term’s darkest connotation, it means “wicked child.”
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She also questioned the negative connotations that can sometimes be associated with hing one child.
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