connotations

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con·no·ta·tion

[kon-uh-tey-shuhn]
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 Middle English connotacion < Medieval Latin connotātiōn- (stem of connotātiō), equivalent to connotāt(us) (past participle of connotāre to connote; see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion

con·no·ta·tive [kon-uh-tey-tiv, kuh-noh-tuh-] , con·no·tive, adjective
con·no·ta·tive·ly, con·no·tive·ly, adverb
non·con·no·ta·tive, adjective
non·con·no·ta·tive·ly, adverb
un·con·no·ta·tive, adjective


2. undertone, implication, import.

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Connotations is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example Sentences
  • The word is chutzpah, and it has several possible connotations.
  • To a professor, the term might carry connotations of profit motives and deceptive practices.
  • As that remark suggests, antebellum beards bristled with political connotations.
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