The phrase "personal connotation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the associative and subjective meaning that something has to an individual person, different from the literal or objective meaning. For example: "The phrase 'school's out for summer' has a personal connotation for me of freedom and joy."
He took his clue from such ideas as mana, mulungu, orenda, and so on (concepts found in the Pacific, Africa, and America, respectively), referring to a supernatural power (a kind of supernatural "electricity") that does not necessarily have the personal connotation of animistic entities and that becomes especially present in certain men, spirits, or natural objects.
But the word "asshole"—that's how ornate the code was—asshole had a personal connotation.
"Neon, for some reason, has historical, emotional and personal connotations for people," said Kenny Greenberg, owner of the Krypton Neon shop in Long Island City.
Internal-affairs files that scrutinize what a police officer did by the authority of his or her badge do not have the personal connotations of an employment application, a tax form or a request for medical leave.
If someone asks you where you are from or other questions that have personal connotations to them, you can kindly decline answering them.
Heffner et al. [45] used ethnographic interviews with 25 early HEV buyers to explore how widely recognised social meanings (denotations) are connected to more personal meanings (connotations) and how they affect vehicle purchase.
2. Confirm that he is consciously making a "firm promise" (and I use the words "firm promise" rather than commitment because of their personal and moral connotation) to deliver what you've asked at the time you've asked.
Meanwhile, those who are larger than average are routinely blamed for their size, a phenomenon augmented by deplorably simplistic media coverage (unlike anorexia, interestingly enough, which is remarkably free of the same connotations of personal fault).
We should also bust a myth for Denham: the universal reference to "faith" in official parlance, with its softer connotations of personal belief may be cuddlier than "religion" with its baggage of institutional oppression, but it fools no one.
The bikini was once a symbol of sexual emancipation, but for women in the 21st century its original connotations of personal empowerment have become just another set of rules for self-control.
Some parents may gravitate towards one word or another because of cultural connotations or personal experience (feeling more akin to one's own parent of a certain label, say).
