connotation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange One type of change is vocabulary: denotation, connotation, and popularity change with time, usually for no particular reason Sometimes there are identifiable pressures (inmigration, art, sociopolitical trends, etc ), but even when these are identifiable, the result would have been impossible to predict
meaning - Connotation vs. Definition - English Language Usage . . . The definition of connotation I like best is (unusually) from Wikipedia: "Connotation is a subjective cultural and or emotional coloration in addition to the explicit or denotative meaning of any specific word or phrase in a language" The connotation is the emotional and cultural baggage that goes with the word
What are the connotations of ignorant? - English Language Usage . . . In fact, this connotation is so obvious to me now that I've remembered the word 'ignore': Oxford English dictionaries Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally The word ignore itself was created in the late 15th century from ignorant, which predates it by about a century
word choice - Connotations of trite, passé, and cliché - English . . . Trite definitely also has a negative connotation -- I think all these words do -- but it has an entirely different implication than cliché: something that is trite is something that is not deep or meaningful enough What you think is in style one season may be viewed as passé the next, especially by the hardcore fashionistas
What is the word for victim but with a positive connotation? Used in this context, 'beneficiary' has the especial connotation of being a passive recipient of a benefit So while you could say (as in the example in one of the other answers) "If a person lights a candle… he will be the recipient of good luck", it would be quite odd to say the same sentence with 'beneficiary', since the person has
connotation - Is there a connotational difference between Reality and . . . He is talking about the extra connotation that is now associated with the term "reality" in the context of TV and video; "reality TV" is often anything but The word "actuality" has no such connotations associated with it, so the word "actuality" makes you think of "reality" in the general sense, rather than "reality" in the TV sense
Does extraordinary, exceptional, outstanding always carry . . . In other words, while these terms do indeed most often carry a good connotation, they can and will be understood to carry a bad one in the right context My gut feeling is that of the three, outstanding is the one least likely to be associated with a negative connotation (though it will be understood if used in such a context), while both
Connotes vs Connotates - English Language Usage Stack Exchange "to signify secondarily," 1590s, from Medieval Latin connotatus, past participle of connotare "signify in addition to the main meaning," a term in logic (see connotation) It is now obsolete, replaced by connote Emphasis mine A Google Ngram backs it up: So, to answer your question, there is no proper usage of the word connotate in modern English
connotation - Meaning of have an agenda - English Language Usage . . . I came in with the express purpose of checking out whether to have an agenda has a negative connotation or not – as such it was in the back of my mind The fact that there is a relevant discussion here means that this idiom has in fact developed towards this connotation As far as I'm concerned, the answer is: yes, it can have an inherent
connotation - Non positively connoted synonym for highlights . . . So far, the report is called "highlights", but in all dictionnaries I've consulted the word has a positive connotation Webster: something (such as an event or a detail) that is very interesting, exciting, or important : the best part of something Collins: the most exciting or memorable part of an event or period of time