connotative

Variant of connotation

connotation definition

con·no·ta·tion (kän′ə tā′s̸hən)

noun

  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” has different connotations from “statesman”
  3. Logic the properties possessed by all the objects in a term's extension; intension

Etymology: ME connotacion < ML connotatio

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