Dictionary
con•no•ta•tion
Pronunciation: (kon"u-tā'shun), [key]—
n.
1. an act or instance of connoting.
2. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning:
A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.” Cf.
denotation (def. 1).
3. Logic.the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining the range of objects to which that term may be applied; comprehension; intension.
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