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- deno·tative·ly adverb
- deno·tative·ness noun
- non·deno·tative adjective
- non·deno·tative·ly adverb
- un·deno·tative adjective
- un·deno·tative·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of denotative1
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Example Sentences
Meaning here, then, can be neither the connotative nor denotative reference of a term; they are covered by the two prior formulae.
Definitions are of three types, denotative, expository, scientific.
This method of delimiting a meaning by calling out a certain attitude toward objects may be called denotative or indicative.
The workings of my thought thus determine both its denotative and its connotative significance more fully.
In every language those words which are denotative of sounds are nearly always also imitative of them.
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