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connotations 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˌkänəˈtāSHən/,
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connotations, plural;
  1. An idea or feeling that a word invokes person in addition to its literal or primary meaning
    • - the word “discipline” has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression
  2. The implication of such ideas or feelings
    • - the work functions both by analogy and by connotation
  3. The abstract meaning or intension of a term, which forms a principle determining which objects or concepts it applies to

  1. (connotation) intension: what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
  2. (connotation) an idea that is implied or suggested
  3. Connotation is a subjective cultural and/or emotional coloration in addition to the explicit or denotative meaning of any specific word or phrase in a language, i.e. emotional association with a word.
  4. (Connotation (semiotics)) In semiotics, connotation arises when the denotative relationship between a signifier and its signified is inadequate to serve the needs of the community. A second level of meanings is termed connotative. ...
  5. (connotate) To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply
  6. (Connotation) The atmosphere of a word-something about the word that goes beyond what the dictionary delivers. The connotations of a word may include one's personal experiences with that word and other associations which cluster about the word.
  7. (Connotation) Implications that go beyond the literal meaning of the word.
  8. (CONNOTATION) The emotional implications and associations that words may carry, as opposed to their literal (denotative) meanings.  Connotation depends on usage in a particular community or culture.   See "denotation."
  9. (Connotation) The attitudes and feelings associated with a word. These associations can be negative or positive, and have an important influence on style and meaning. See Denotation
  10. (Connotation) the secondary, cultural meanings of signs; or "signifying signs," signs that are used as signifiers for a secondary meaning, e.g., the word "rose" signifies passion.
  11. (connotation) The associations evoked by a word or phrase in the mind of a reader; the range of responses, ideas, or emotions suggested by language, contrasted to “denotation,” the thing the word stands for. ...
  12. (connotation) a meaning or emotion suggested by a word in addition to its dictionary definition or denotation
  13. (Connotation) The suggestion or implication evoked by a word or phrase, or even quite a long statement of any kind, over and above what they mean or actually denote. For example: ‘There is a cockroach,’ may inspire a shudder of distaste in one person; but a scientific inquiry, like ‘What is it? ...
  14. Connotation is What a word suggests beyond its basic definition. The words childlike and childish both mean ‘characteristic of a child,’ but childlike suggests meekness and innocence
  15. (89. Connotation) the feeling or emotion a word brings to your mind
  16. (CONNOTATION) The suggestion of a meaning by a word beyond what it explicitly denotes or describes. The word, home, for example, means the place where one lives, but by connotation, also suggests security, family, love and comfort. ...
  17. (Connotation) A description of value, meaning or ideology associated with a media text.
  18. (Connotation) A subjective meaning or association held by a particular word. Ex: The word "sauntered" creates a different image than the word "walked" in the sentence, "Karen sauntered down the street."
  19. (Connotation) A word’s extrinsic, figurative sense, including its overtones and shades of meaning (cf. Denotation). ...
  20. (Connotation) An idea or feeling which a word evokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
  21. (Connotation) Associated meanings of a word; individual speakers have different feelings about words. See denotation. One theory about women's speech in our culture argues for more sensitivity to connotative and implied meanings.
  22. (Connotation) Suggestion evoked by word or phrase e.g. bachelor (cool guy about town) spinster (old woman left on the shelf)
  23. (Connotation) Suggestive meaning of something, such as red connotates danger, blood.
  24. (Connotation) The impression that a word gives beyond its defined meaning. Connotations may be universally understood or may be significant only to a certain group. ...
  25. (Connotation) The meanings that can be attached to what you see eg: the colour white has connotations of freshness, naturalness and innocence.