[kon-uh-tey-shuh
n] 
| 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. |
[kon-uh-tey-tiv, kuh-noh-tuh-] , con⋅no⋅tive, adjective | con·no·ta·tion (kŏn'ə-tā'shən) n.
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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.”