connotative
Americanadjective
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. )
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Example Sentences
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Include only what was seen and heard, with no subjective interpretation or connotative language, and as few drawn conclusions as possible.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2019
Litspam text, along with early comment spam and the strange spam blogs described in the next section, is the expression of an entirely different intentionality without the connotative structure produced by a human writer.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 19, 2013
You might suggest a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but that forsakes the connotative power of language.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2011
Vicki Hamer University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo Contrary to those people who decry the additional connotative meaning of words, I see the "loaded" quality in words as one of the great beauties of language.
From Time Magazine Archive
It must not, however, be supposed that such names, when introduced, differ in any respect, as to their mode of signification, from other connotative names.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart
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