The phrase "as a connotation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the implied or associated meanings of a word or phrase beyond its literal definition.
Example: "The word 'home' often carries a warm feeling, as a connotation of safety and comfort."
Alternatives: "as an implication" or "as an association".
It should also be noted though that what was originally a purely statistical category has slowly drifted towards reification in public discourse and is increasingly used with as derogatory a connotation as foreigner had before (Elrick & Schwartzman, 2015).
By the end of the '90s, UK "speed garage"—a phrase coined by the media had as negative a connotation for UKG as the term "EDM" has had on electronic music.
Plus, it can be a dangerous thing to teach kids (especially girls) to be 'nice,' as it has a connotation of sitting quietly, smiling in the face of injustice, not making waves.
Intifada is generally translated as uprising but has a connotation of "shaking off".
In recent years, olive oil is becoming more sophisticated with a connotation as a hedonic good and with a number of emerging quality features which affect consumers' choices.
Moreover trainers are reported to avoid 'negative' feedback [ 41 ], as students do not perceive feedback 'free of emotions', but may add a connotation such as 'this person does not like me' [ 42 ].
Even before Mr. Cohen bowed out of the race during halftime of the Super Bowl, Dave Crume, president of the National Pawnbrokers Association, put out a statement criticizing the news media for routinely invoking Mr. Cohen's profession, "as a negative connotation to discredit Mr. Cohen and to sway public opinion for the benefit of an important political race".
Carrie Underwood "I wouldn't go so far as to say I am a feminist, that can come off as a negative connotation.
Black has a connotation in the U.S., as does purple in Thailand," says Yalamanchi.
It would be easy to shrug it off as an unfortunate connotation of an innocent use of "place", but like the use of "spook" in Philip Roth's "The Human Stain", it wasn't coincidence at all.
