connotation

noun

(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.

(logic) The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.

Roots

notanot- · Latin · mark, note

Synonyms for connotation

intensionn denotationn meaningn significationn implicationn significancen referentn allusionn overtonen undertonen

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