Sunday, February 28, 2010

Connotation

Merriam-Webster Online defines 'Connotation' as:

Main Entry: con·no·ta·tion
Pronunciation: \ˌkä-nə-ˈtā-shən\
Function: noun
Date: 1532

1 a : the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes b : something suggested by a word or thing : implication
2 : the signification of something
3 : an essential property or group of properties of a thing named by a term in logic — compare denotation

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