Sentence examples for and its connotation from inspiring English sources

Like Mill, he distinguishes between a term's denotation, which is the object or objects it stands for, and its connotation, which is the property or properties it ascribes to something.

"We're very happy with the new brand and its connotation of charging into battle," he tells TechCrunch.

Some Canadians express ambivalence toward the dish and its connotations.

The Big Apple and its connotations make for a better brand than the generically Teutonic alternative.

"Contrast that with the 'deep-voiced' man, and its connotations of profundity.

This message, and its connotations, are worrying – not least when they are sent by bosses to their employees.

Even the self-designation gnostic is problematic, since it is attested for only some of the traditions conventionally treated as gnostic and its connotations are ambiguous.

He also said at the news conference that he had discussed the opening of the border and its connotations with President Bush, President Francois Mitterrand and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Black artists tend to distance themselves from the word and its connotations of white performers, rock's musical ingredients and the aesthetic of self-marginalizing.

Jean Paul Gaultier, even turning 60, cannot separate from his inner rebel — his desire to align himself with the wild years of Andy Warhol's Factory (hence the crushed foil backdrop) and the Velvet Underground and its connotations of downtown urban life.

As we have mentioned, Japanese manga and anime are unique in that they cover a wide variety of genres rooted in the Japanese culture and its connotations, in addition to their particular methods of expression, which is seldom seen overseas.