connotative

[ kon-uh-tey-tiv, kuh-noh-tuh- ]

/ ˈkɒn əˌteɪ tɪv, kəˈnoʊ tə- /

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adjective

(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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Origin of connotative

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

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connoisseurship, Connolly, Connor, Connors, connotation, connotative, connote, connubial, conodont, conoid, Conon

How to use connotative in a sentence

Meaning here, then, can be neither the connotative nor denotative reference of a term; they are covered by the two prior formulae.
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey
The third division is into Connotative and Non-connotative (the latter being wrongly called Absolute).
Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic|William Stebbing
When the positive is connotative, so is the corresponding negative, for the non-possession of an attribute is itself an attribute.
Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic|William Stebbing
The turbulent voices, even Guy Pollock being connotative beside her, were nothing.
Main Street|Sinclair Lewis

The workings of my thought thus determine both its denotative and its connotative significance more fully.
The Meaning of Truth|William James

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