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de⋅no⋅ta⋅tive

  [dee-noh-tey-tiv, di-noh-tuh-tiv]
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–adjective
1. having power to denote.
2. denoting or tending to denote: the denotative meaning of a word.
Origin:
1605–15; denotate + -ive

Related forms:
de⋅no⋅ta⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
de⋅no⋅ta⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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de·no·ta·tive   (dĭ-nō'tə-tĭv, dē'nō-tā'-)   
adj.  
  1. Denoting or naming; designative.
  2. Specific or direct: denotative and connotative meanings.
de·no'ta·tive·ly adv.
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Denotative

De*not"a*tive\, a. Having power to denote; designating or marking off.

Proper names are pre["e]minently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. --Latham.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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