connotation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātiō, from Latin connotō; equivalent to connote + -ation.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: con‧no‧ta‧tion
Noun
connotation (plural connotations)
- (semantics) 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.
- (logic) 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).
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Translations
suggested or implied meaning
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Further reading
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “connotation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātiō, from Latin connotō; equivalent to connote + -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
connotation f (plural connotations)
- Connotation.
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