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The term's negative connotation was employed by French reactionaries, nationalists, conservatives, liberals, and socialists alike, despite their different views of a feasible and desirable social order.

The vista – and I use this word in its fullest connotation was sublime: mighty stacks, arches hollowed out by the foaming waters, enormous asymmetric chunks of rock flung about holus-bolus.

At Martyn R Cox estate agents in Witney, Andy Wright says the connotation was not affecting the sale of a house on another Isis Close, in the village of Long Hanborough.

"As for the critique of air power, the connotation was that somehow a full-fledged ground war with the same mission against this same tricky and dug-in force would have been both more successful and less destructive".

In order to see why, let us return briefly to the theory of connotation.[24] Connotation was described above in terms of primary and secondary signification.

A social connotation was given to 'human races' by 18.5% of the students, probably because this term is often used to highlight differences related to ethnic identity and geographical origins.

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The proper connotation is Joe Sixpack.

The connotation is both absurd and sort of touching.

"But the connotation is so different, it's beautiful," he said.

"The implicit connotation is that the present is a degraded version of the past".

Fortunately, our prudery has receded to the degree that this connotation is nearly discernible once again.

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