Sentence examples for its connotation from inspiring English sources

Like Mill, he distinguishes between a term's denotation, which is the object or objects it stands for, and its connotation, which is the property or properties it ascribes to something.

Bigotry is the wart that it creates when minds are susceptible to its connotation.

The question of its connotation, however, remains, namely, What kind of philosophy was it?

(These groups decry the term "militia," given its connotation of illegitimacy and lawlessness).

Confucius invested the term with an ethical significance while maintaining its connotation of noble refinement.

The much-discussed "stock market" — with its connotation of a single entity — is a misnomer.

With its connotations of the trucker's life, it also adds a down-home touch to urban life.

Its connotations are friendly and humane, and it can appeal to all "countries, organizations and peoples" that might not want to be integrated.

It provides a definition and theoretical framework for HI, discusses its connotations, and summarizes the theoretical contribution and policy implications.

Some Canadians express ambivalence toward the dish and its connotations.

That includes the name, with its connotations of "socializing and mingling," he adds.