Sentence examples for explicit connotations from inspiring English sources

Two running gags in Bad Santa involve Willie regularly pissing his pants and seeking out anal sex, which is meant to be funny but also has explicit connotations: that his drinking has made him incontinent and that he's avoiding vaginas and the intimacy (and kids) they potentially bring.

Whereas the national pavilions are often rich with explicit geopolitical connotations, the Biennale's own sprawling show has generally shunned politics.

He adds that this "new working-class idea of manliness" also took on "more explicit sexual connotations". (10) The consequences for women in particular were dire.

The paintings and gilt-bronze images of the Dual Kangiten with explicit sexual connotations emerged in the late Heian period, under the Tantric influence of Tibetan Buddhism where such sexual imagery (Yab-Yum) was common.

Additionally, his fight is given explicit national political connotations (Gooding-Williams 2009; Myers 2008).

Our rationale for not making the potential partner connotation explicit in our phrasing was that including the word "partner" could be interpreted to equal a committed relationship, in contrast to e.g. a causal sexual relationship.

The song draws connotations from the supplicant before its explicit focus on the chorus.

Moreover, an unemployed individual who feels ill may be reluctant to consult a physician for fear that the moral connotations of the employment situation become explicit, or for fear that a document of poor health may have an unfavourable influence on employment prospects.

In its most recent usage, its negative connotations have been greatly enhanced by the implied or explicit sneer with which the word is delivered by the elites and the apple-polishers who, wittingly or not, serve them.

In effect, the theory of connotation is related to the theory of exposition as explicit definition is related to contextual definition.

"Although we acknowledged that the placement of the word was redolent of the use of expletives, we noted that the ad did not expressly use any explicit language and therefore concluded that, although some viewers might find the connotation and word-play distasteful, it was unlikely that the ad would cause serious or widespread offence".