Connotations are the associative meanings that a word has. They are the ideas that people might think of when they hear or see the word.
The word connotations has a lot of negative associations.
The word connotations has a lot of positive associations.
noun
what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
Synonyms:
noun
an idea that is implied or suggested
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The words mean the same thing, but the connotation is different.
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In usage it has connotations of degradation, baseness and meanness of spirit.
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This does not connote that Husband use the means to maltreat their wives.
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The people connoted the poems.
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None of the tags in there connote notability.
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Is the difference merely in the connotation, not in the denotation
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It creates ineluctable connotations of Nazism.
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Sometimes the connotation overrides the denotation.
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The archaeological connotation of the find was significant.
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The connotation changed in the past decades.