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- Blunt, brusque, curt, and terse -- is there a gradation of connotation . . .
None has a positive connotation, or would be good to apply to yourself, but you could describe your answers in a positive way with, from Lexico concise ADJECTIVE Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive Compared to the seeming waffle of Chamberlain, Churchill's account was clear and concise So you
- 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
- Naïve vs Ignorant - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Naive has a more neutral connotation and generally indicates a person who isn't familiar with the way the world works Naive can sometimes even have a positive connotation and mean someone who hasn't been jaded by the negative realities of the world Naive people are likely to be trusting or unsophisticated
- Why does issue have a negative connotation in the US?
Sorry - took me a while to type this While "issue" can have a negative connotation in certain contexts, I would not say that the OP must know that "trouble" or "problem" is a better synonym just two other synonyms that in other specific contexts, might be better suited for the OP's meaning The OP did not give us the context other
- Connotation of proud - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I could only imagine its being used without any hint of this connotation when used with some effort or prize, like "proud creators of" or "proud founder of" I'd not be surprised to find it in something like "proud sponsor of", in which case it draws on this sense of effort, or even parenthood, which really consists in no more than money
- 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
- 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
- Does the word clique have a negative connotation?
The term is also useful in other contexts, however, such as graphing or networking theory, where it has no such connotation If in an electronic network a group of machines said to form a clique, that would mean that every machine in the group is aware of and can communicate with every other, but no machine in the group is connected to any
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