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      denotative
      adjective
      in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
      having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
      Roots
      dede- · Latin · completelynotarenot- · Latin · to markativus-ative · Latin · relating to, tending to
      Synonyms for denotative
      designativeadjconnotativeadjdenotationalimplicativeadjreferentialadjintensionaladjconnotationaladjsignifyingvmetaphoricaladjfigurativeadj
      Words related to denotative
      denotiveadjexplicitadjdenotativelyadvdenotationnconnotativelyadvreferentnsignificationninexplicitadjliteralitynliteralizationnnonliteraladjliteralizevoverexplicitunivocaladjliteraladjunexplicitoverliteralconnotevcoreferentialadjpolysemousadjpluriliteraluniliteralhypernymynhyponymynliteralnessnreferentiallyadvinexplicitlyadvmetonymicaladjostensiveadjmeaningsn

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      The word denotative breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: de-, from Latin de (“completely”); not, from Latin notare (“to mark”); and -ative, from Latin ativus (“relating to, tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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