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Antonyms for connotation
ˌkɒn əˈteɪ ʃəncon·no·ta·tion
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connotationnoun
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denotationSynonyms:
intensionconnotationnoun
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.
The connotations of the phrase you are a dog are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.
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denotationSynonyms:
intensionconnotationnoun
A technical term in logic used by J. S. Mill and later logicians to refer to the attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, and contrasted with denotation.
The two expressions the morning star and the evening star have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).
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How to use connotation in a sentence?
Socialist Party head Jean-Christophe Cambadelis:
It's got a certain connotation, this attack is slightly xenophobic, I believe.
MileHi is a very good name; it's very catchy, obviously it's got a connotation, but the idea of the app was really around business or networking, not dating.
He was basically juxtaposing pictures that seemed to tell a story when put side by side, either one dancer's movement led into the other picture or maybe there was a relationship between the dancers' shapes. ... He had a design strategy of pairing images that became very exciting, because the connotation of (one) picture could be expanded by the juxtaposition to another picture.
That’s not what that was about, i think that was taken out of context, just like you’re taking it out of context and trying to make it a story for yourself, which has a negative connotation to it, which I don’t appreciate. It was meant to be something different than that. The fact it’s a distraction or you’re bringing it up is not something I want to be talking about.
I noticed an actor and her husband on [a recent cover of a celebrity tabloid] that said In Couples' Therapy! The clear message is, 'Oh, their marriage is ending.' There's such a negative connotation, in my previous relationship, we went to couples' therapy at the end, and that's often too late. You can't go after nine years and start figuring out what patterns you're in.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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