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con·no·ta·tion    Audio Help   [kon-uh-tey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an act or instance of connoting.
2.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.” Compare denotation (def. 1).
3.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.
[Origin: 1375–1425 for earlier sense; 1525–35 for current senses; late ME connotacion < ML connotātiōn- (s. of connotātiō), equiv. to connotāt(us) (ptp. of connotāre to connote; see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion]

—Related forms
con·no·ta·tive    Audio Help   [kon-uh-tey-tiv, kuh-noh-tuh-] Pronunciation Key, con·no·tive, adjective
con·no·ta·tive·ly, con·no·tive·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. undertone, implication, import.
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con·no·ta·tion    Audio Help   (kŏn'ə-tā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act or process of connoting.
    1. An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing: Hollywood holds connotations of romance and glittering success.
    2. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
  3. Logic The set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term; intension.

con'no·ta'tive adj., con'no·ta'tive·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
connotation 
1532, from M.L. connotationem, from connotare "signify in addition to the main meaning," a term in logic, from L. com- "together" + notare "to mark" (see note). A word denotes its primary meaning, its barest adequate definition -- father denotes "one that has begotten." A word connotes the attributes commonly associated with it -- father connotes "male sex, prior existence, greater experience, affection, guidance."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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connotation

noun
1. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression [syn: intension] 
2. an idea that is implied or suggested 

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
connotation

The meaning that a word suggests or implies. A connotation includes the emotions or associations that surround a word. For example, the word modern strictly means “belonging to recent times,” but the word's connotations can include such notions as “new, up to date, experimental.”


[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English


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