Sentence examples for positive appellation from inspiring English sources

Its appropriation by black youth transformed it into a positive appellation, argued Ice Cube.

"Still, despite these costs, there is much to be gained by allowing people of all backgrounds to yank nigger away from white supremacists, to subvert its ugliest denotation, and to convert the N-word from a negative into a positive appellation.

Zeno of Elea is described as 'double-tongued' (amphoteroglôssos)—presumably on the basis of his paradoxes arguing for two opposite conclusions and Democritus is described as 'two-minded' (amphinoon); the contexts make clear that these, too, are intended as positive appellations.

At a slightly higher level of sophistication, it's an attempt to deny the enemy the positive connotations of its chosen appellation.

What a wonderful appellation!

The appellation isn't precise.

The appellation, though partly ironic,….

Appellation Cornell, Issue #4, November 2010.

Those standards include a national appellation.

The appellation itself is a synecdoche.

Not distinguished by any discriminative appellation.