connotative

American  

[kon-uh-tey-tiv, kuh-noh-tuh-] / ˈkɒn əˌteɪ tɪv, kəˈnoʊ tə- /

adjective

1. (of a word or expression) signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning.

   His singing voice can best be described by the connotative word “velvet.”

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Etymology

Origin of connotative

First recorded in 1610–20; from Medieval Latin connotātīvus, equivalent to connotāt(us), past participle of connotāre connote ( def. ) + -īvus -ive ( def. )

Example Sentences

Connotative names have hence been also called denominative, because the subject which they denote is denominated by, or receives a name from the attribute which they connote.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart

Connotative terms—denote a subject, and imply an attribute.—-.

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob

Connotative meanings like these more than atoned for the unflinching frankness of certain other phrases.

From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells

Occam carried this a step farther towards clear light by including among Connotative Terms such general names as "monk," name of classes that at once suggest a definite attribute.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

Connotative names have hence been also called denominative, because the subject which they denote is denominated by, or receives a name from, the attribute which they connote.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) by Mill, John Stuart