Sentence examples for connotation as from inspiring English sources

Some singular names do have connotation as well as denotation, for example 'the author of Waverley'.

Starting from cultural roots, the paper fully explores traditional Chinese culture and clearly defines the definition, connotation as well as features of Chinese cultural tradition.

They most commonly occur in the final syllable of nouns with diminutive suffixes or words with a diminutive connotation, as well as in the suffix (y)aanh ([- j)ãː]) 'first person (Conjunct) Animate Intransitive'.

A potential practical application of the described semantic map consists of specifying the connotation as well as the general meaning (denotation) of words.

These don't carry with them the same connotation as causing physical harm to another person with a deadly weapon.

But one connotation, as he knew, was the establishment by force of "people's democracies" in Eastern Europe after the second world war – in other words, Stalinist imperialism.

The debate has socioeconomic connotations as well, she said.

One board member explained that the term capitalism has negative connotations, as in "capitalist pig".

The word still brings to mind Anne Rice à la Renaissance Faire, moody bodice-ripper connotations, as well as ruffled shirts, tarot cards and sad girls who wistfully change their names to Pandora and Esmeralda (a tendency finally ridiculed to death in the "Saturday Night Live" sketch Goth Talk, with its teenage hosts, Azrael Abyss, "Prince of Sorrows," and his friend, Circe Nightshade).

But the term undeniably has moral connotations as well.

Face includes complicated connotations as well as a variety of meanings.