connotation
noun/ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃn/
/ˌkɑːnəˈteɪʃn/
[countable, uncountable]- an idea suggested by a word in addition to its main meaning
- The word ‘professional’ has connotations of skill and excellence.
- negative connotations
- It is important to understand the power of connotation.
Extra ExamplesTopics Suggestions and advicec1- That word has strong sexual connotations.
- The notion of abuse has wider connotations than the physical.
- The term ‘at-risk youth’ has taken on broad connotations.
- The word ‘foreign’ often has a pejorative connotation.
- The word carries connotations of romance.
- There is no sexual connotation to this behaviour.
- There were political connotations in such choices.
- the cultural connotations of these conventions
- the derogatory connotation of the term ‘diva’
- the negative connotations attached to the word ‘academic’
- the obvious symbolic connotations of his name
- words that today have religious connotations
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- obvious
- strong
- broad
- …
- acquire
- carry
- have
- …
- connotation of
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin connotatio(n-), from connotare ‘mark in addition’, from con- ‘together with’ + notare ‘to note’.Want to learn more?
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