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Connotation:''This word has distinct meanings in other fields that includes emotions and feelings: see connotation (semiotics) and connotation and denotation. For the opposite of Connotation see Denotation.''
Connotation is a Subjectivity|subjective culture|cultural and/or emotional coloration in addition to the explicit or ''denotation|denotative'' meaning of any specific word or phrase in a language, i.e. emotional association with a word.
Usage
Within contemporary society, connotation branches into a mixture of different meanings. These could include the contrast of a word or phrase with its primary, literal meaning (known as a denotation), with what that word or phrase specifically denotes. The connotation essentially relates to how anything may be associated with a word or phrase, for example, an implied value judgment or feelings.
- A stubborn person may be described as being either ''strong-willed'' or ''pig-headed''. Although these have the same literal meaning (i.e. ''stubborn''), ''strong-willed'' connotes admiration for the level of someone's will, while ''pig-headed'' '''connotes''' frustration in dealing with someone.
- It is often useful to avoid words with strong connotations (especially pejorative|disparaging ones) when striving to achieve a Objectivity (philosophy)|neutral point of view. A desire for more positive connotations, or fewer negative ones, is one of the main reasons for using euphemisms.[Note that not all theories of linguistic meaning honor the distinction between literal meaning and (this kind of) connotation. (See Literal and figurative language.)]
Logic
In logic and semantics, '''connotation''' is more or less synonymous with ''intension''. Connotation is often contrasted with ''denotation'', which is more or less synonymous with ''extension (semantics)|extension''. Alternatively, the connotation of the word may be thought of as the set of all its possible referents (as opposed to merely the actual ones). A word's ''denotation'' is the collection of things it refers to; its connotation is what it implied about the things it is used to refer to. The denotation of dog is (something like) four-legged canine carnivore. So saying "you are a dog" would imply that you were ugly or aggressive rather than stating that you were canine.
See also
- Comprehension (logic)
- Denotation
- Extension (semantics)|Extension
- Extensional definition
- Intension
- Intensional definition
- Metacommunicative competence
- Subtext
External links
- Connotations of problem solving
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