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connotation

noun
/ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/UK/ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən/US/ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/CA/ˌkɔnəˈtæɪʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātiō, from connotō (“to mark in addition”), from Latin con- (“together, with”) + notō (“to note”); equivalent to connote + -ation.

  1. derived from con- — “together, with”
  2. borrowed from connotātiō

Definitions

  1. A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation,…

    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 word "advisedly" has a connotation of "wisely", although it denotes merely "intentionally" and "deliberately."
    • The word "happy" has a positive connotation, while "sad" has a negative connotation.

  2. The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, 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).

The neighborhood

Derived

connotational, connotationless

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at connotation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at connotation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at connotation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA