Other Word Forms
- denotatively adverb
- denotativeness noun
- nondenotative adjective
- nondenotatively adverb
- undenotative adjective
- undenotatively adverb
Etymology
Origin of denotative
1605–15; < Latin dēnotātus (past participle of dēnotāre to mark out, denote ( def. ) ) + -ive
Example Sentences
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The denotative meanings of these abbreviations vary over a wide range.
From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2013
The workings of my thought thus determine both its denotative and its connotative significance more fully.
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
It finds that "reality" is a denotative term, a word used to designate indifferently everything that happens.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
The only way in which the term reality can ever become more than a blanket denotative term is through recourse to specific events in all their diversity and thatness.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
Words are thus acknowledged to be denotative of themselves.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
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