Definition of Connotation

Connotation

The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

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Connotation Quotations

The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in the linguistic transition.
Marilyn Hacker

The supposed inferiority of a constructed language to a national one on the score of richness of connotation is, of course, no criticism of the idea of a constructed language.
Edward Sapir

Diva has a negative connotation.
Glenn Close

Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history.
Michael Scheuer

And Hale was devoted to President Kennedy, and there was some talk following the assassination that Hale had warned the President not to go to Dallas, and the connotation was that it would be physically dangerous for him to do so.
Lindy Boggs

The name 'reservation' has a negative connotation among Native Americans - an intern camp of sorts.
John Russell

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Connotation Translations

connotation in German is Nebenbedeutung
connotation in Swedish is speciell betydelse, bibetydelse

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