Sentence examples for connotations of the term from inspiring English sources

We begin by examining the diverse connotations of the term quality.

Legal historians identify suretyship with situations that are quite outside the modern connotations of the term.

The title "The Black List" is a play on words, meant to overturn the negative connotations of the term "blacklist".

The biological connotations of the term structure are evident in the work of British philosopher Herbert Spencer.

Eric Raymond suggested we adopt the recently coined term "open source" to get around the ambiguity and negative business connotations of the term "free software".

The pejorative connotations of the term are clearly evident: The idea that the captives in this tomb were Joseph's brethren, which Mrs. Romer, in her Travels, makes such a great noise about, is well exposed by Miss Martineau; as well as the Elginism of Mrs. Romer, in removing a figure of one of the captives.

Bradley forgot that the whole meaning of a spatial or temporal description is not exhausted when attention is given to the connotations of the terms used; what has to be considered is the words as used in their context, which is that of a person who can indicate his position in space and time because of the fact that he is himself situated in space and time.

The wider connotations of the terms 'resolution' and 'composition' remained, however, and these soon transferred themselves to the Greek terms too, an attachment that has persisted to the present day, causing confusion ever since.

There is a harsher and more brutal connotation of the term in which any exercise of power in the successful pursuit of practical and specific objectives is called "pragmatic".

Both groups aspired to set literature and art free from the materialistic preoccupations of industrialized society, and, in both, the freedom of some members' morals helped to enlarge the connotation of the term, which is almost equivalent to fin de siècle.

Achieving results, i.e., "getting things done" in business and public affairs, is often said to be "pragmatic". There is a harsher and more brutal connotation of the term in which any exercise of power in the successful pursuit of practical and specific objectives is called "pragmatic". The character of American business and politics is often so described.