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Meaning of connotations

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

connotations

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.

    Example: The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).