Sentence examples for theological connotations from inspiring English sources

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James Joyce called the effect an "epiphany," a term whose theological connotations have led, over the years, to a lot of critical misunderstanding.

In summary, the term "emotion" suited the purposes of a self-consciously secularising and scientific cadre of psychological theorists in the late 19th century, detached as it was from the centuries of moral and theological connotations that had accrued to the terms "passion" and "affection".

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The term 'synergy' is chosen deliberately for its traditional theological connotation, which once taught that the human and divine are cooperatively linked in the quest for salvation.

While most authors were careful not to commit themselves to any account of how this original imposition actually occurs, and while it was recognized that words such as 'person' and 'spirit' (both important in theological contexts) do acquire new connotations, it was generally supposed that the signification of common nouns within a given conventional language remains stable.

Apparent talk about such things can invariably be parsed away, via the theory of connotation or exposition, in favor of talk about substances and qualities (and, in certain theological contexts, a few relations).

It's theological.

Quite a serious, theological piece.

And remember, connotations evolve.

Not very nice connotations.

Because umlauts have connotations.

Words have connotations.

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