ALL meanings of connotation
con·no·ta·tion
C c - countable noun connotation The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of. 3
- noun connotation an association or idea suggested by a word or phrase; implication 3
- noun connotation the act or fact of connoting 3
- noun connotation the act or process of connoting 3
- noun connotation something connoted; idea or notion suggested by or associated with a word, phrase, etc. in addition to its explicit meaning, or denotation 3
- noun connotation the properties possessed by all the objects in a term's extension; intension 3
- noun connotation 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. 1
- noun connotation something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described: “Religion” has always had a negative connotation for me. 1
- noun connotation 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. 1
- noun connotation word: association 1
- noun connotation act of connoting 1
- noun connotation An idea or feeling that a word invokes person in addition to its literal or primary meaning. 1
- noun connotation 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. 0
- noun connotation 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. 0