connotation
- noun
- /ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/
- I mean, when people hear the word fat, it has such a negative connotation to it when like, why?
- negative connotations
- positive connotations
- pejorative connotations
Institution doesn't have this connotation of imitation.
- Institution doesn't have this connotation of imitation.
- But, yeah, I think the connotation comes from that history.
- That could have, you know, racial implications and connotations.
- I don't know, unless Patreon kind of gets a new connotation.
- That So I I, I do think that being the CEO though has certain connotations, positive connotations.
- And I think it's because the word work still is, has has terrible connotations in society.
- And I saw that there was a spiritual connotation to Africa and to the motherland.
- They are unabashedly vain in the USI think vain has this negative connotation.
- And so I like to switched it around and get out of the negative connotations.
- Part of the problem is these directional terminologies, what their connotations are.
- So synthetic intelligence kind of gives the connotation that it's intelligence that we're making ourselves.
- Chingis Khan, which likely had no connotations of universal rule but of a strong, fierce ruler.
Examples
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"Get Into It" has a sexual connotation and suggests a "sex positive" celebration.
Academic text (2013) -
In any case, the tension between denotation and connotation is part of the way in which irony works.
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But, yeah, I think the connotation comes from that history.
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You know, as soon as I say the word negative, everybody has a connotation that that word means something bad.
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But also, I like the idea of taking things that we have a negative connotation, like shame.
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On the other hand, perhaps it does have a sexual connotation.
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That is a very specific word and it has very specific connotations behind it.
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I am a little bit worried about the negative connotations here.
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And I saw that there was a spiritual connotation to Africa and to the motherland.
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The word home often carries a warm connotation of safety and comfort.
Synonyms
A particular meaning of a word or expression
A hidden feeling or meaning that people notice beyond the main words
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Connotation comes from the parts con- 'with' and notare 'to mark', which is the same root as the English word note. So a connotation is like a 'note' or mark you add to a word — an extra idea or feeling beyond its main meaning.