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The connotations
noun
A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
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The connotations are too disturbing to me.
The connotations of love, support and safety were too much to pour onto four letters.
The connotations are a bit different: "geek" suggests a person with special expertise, while "nerd" suggests social ineptness.
The connotations of the five states are as follows.
The connotations associated with them are no longer positive.
The connotations to a long-parked bicycle are never quite so clear, and ghost bikes suffer as a result.
Sometimes I'd try to break down the connotations.
I am dead set against the connotations game.
All of the connotations of Windows security apply".
I had fretted over the connotations of being kept, yet forgotten the basic meaning.
It's a mouthful but it lacks the connotations of the word "soldier".
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