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For the first time in decades, Turkey will now be ruled by a koalisyon – a word with negative connotations for many Turks.
"Like 'folk', it's a word with negative connotations, but this music is an authentic combination of folk, gospel and the blues and, apart from the DJ Bob Harris, it gets no exposure in the UK".
Why, in this day and age, is the term "bisexual" still a bad word with negative connotations?
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Do be aware of potential ambiguities and words with negative connotations.
"As part of a religious society, the defendant should be careful not to use words with negative connotations regarding the symbols of religions," the head judge, Dwiarso Budi Santiarto, said when handing down the verdict.
Dinakar et al. [25] also focused on the identification of cyberbullying using a BOW approach, but also incorporated lists of profane words, parts-of-speech and words with negative connotations as machine learning features.
Make a habit of using fewer words with negative connotations and take a more positive approach to life.
Many of the characters' names allude to other fictional works or real people with macabre connections; locations may also allude to fiction, or contain foreign or obscure words with negative connotations.
In their experiment, subjects had to fixate on a cross on a computer screen; below or above it, words with negative connotations (eg, "senile", "dependent", etc) or positive connotations (eg, "enlightened", "insightful", etc) for elderly people were flashed for a very short time, preventing the identification or recognition of words (thus, stereotype perception was not conscious).
Ronald Reagan and other conservatives successfully loaded the word "liberal" with negative connotations, while enhancing the positive aura of terms like "patriot" (few today would reject the label "patriotic," but rather argue for why they are entitled to it).
Even the term used obesity carries a controversial definition; the word "obese" is loaded with negative connotations.
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