connotation
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātiō, from connotō (“I mark in addition”), from Latin con- (“together, with”) + noto (“I note”); equivalent to connote + -ation.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: con‧no‧ta‧tion
Noun
connotation (plural connotations)
- (semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
- The word "advisedly" has a connotation of "wisely", although it denotes merely "intentionally" and "deliberately."
- The word "happy" has a positive connotation, while "sad" has a negative connotation.
- (logic) The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.
- The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).
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Translations
suggested or implied meaning
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Further reading
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “connotation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātiōnem, from connotō (“to mark in addition”), from Latin con- (“together, with”) + notō (“to note”). By surface analysis, connoter + -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
connotation f (plural connotations)
Further reading
- “connotation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.