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This word has distinct meaning in other fields that includes emotions and feelings: see connotation (semiotics)
Connotation (semiotics)

In semiotics, connotation arises when the denotation relationship between a signifier and its signified is inadequate to serve the needs of the community....
 and connotation and denotation. For the opposite of Connotation see Denotation
Denotation

This word has distinct meanings in other fields: see denotation . For the opposite of Denotation see Connotation.*In logic, linguistics and semiotics, the denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its Meaning ; however, the part referred to varies by context:...
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Connotation is a subjective
Subjectivity

Subjectivity refers to a subject's perspective or opinion, particularly feelings, beliefs, and desires. It is often used casually to refer to unjustified personal opinions, in contrast to knowledge and justified belief....
 cultural
Culture

Culture is difficult to define. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions....
 and/or emotion
Emotion

An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings, thoughts, and behavior.Emotions are subjective experiences, or experienced from an individual point of view....
al color
Color

Color or colour is the visual perception property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue and others....
ation in addition to the explicit or denotative
Denotation

This word has distinct meanings in other fields: see denotation . For the opposite of Denotation see Connotation.*In logic, linguistics and semiotics, the denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its Meaning ; however, the part referred to varies by context:...
 meaning of any specific word or phrase in a language
Language

A language is a form of symbol communication in which elements are combined to represents something other than themselves. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon....
, i.e. emotional association with a word.

Usage
Within contemporary society, connotation branches into a mixture of different meanings.






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This word has distinct meaning in other fields that includes emotions and feelings: see connotation (semiotics)
Connotation (semiotics)

In semiotics, connotation arises when the denotation relationship between a signifier and its signified is inadequate to serve the needs of the community....
 and connotation and denotation. For the opposite of Connotation see Denotation
Denotation

This word has distinct meanings in other fields: see denotation . For the opposite of Denotation see Connotation.*In logic, linguistics and semiotics, the denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its Meaning ; however, the part referred to varies by context:...
.


Connotation is a subjective
Subjectivity

Subjectivity refers to a subject's perspective or opinion, particularly feelings, beliefs, and desires. It is often used casually to refer to unjustified personal opinions, in contrast to knowledge and justified belief....
 cultural
Culture

Culture is difficult to define. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions....
 and/or emotion
Emotion

An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings, thoughts, and behavior.Emotions are subjective experiences, or experienced from an individual point of view....
al color
Color

Color or colour is the visual perception property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue and others....
ation in addition to the explicit or denotative
Denotation

This word has distinct meanings in other fields: see denotation . For the opposite of Denotation see Connotation.*In logic, linguistics and semiotics, the denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its Meaning ; however, the part referred to varies by context:...
 meaning of any specific word or phrase in a language
Language

A language is a form of symbol communication in which elements are combined to represents something other than themselves. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon....
, i.e. emotional association with a word.

Usage


Within contemporary society, connotation branches into a mixture of different meanings. These could include the contrast of a word or phrase with its primary, literal
Literal

Literal may refer to:*Literal and figurative language, taken in a non-figurative sense.*Literal translation, the close adherence to the forms of a source language text....
 meaning (known as a denotation
Denotation

This word has distinct meanings in other fields: see denotation . For the opposite of Denotation see Connotation.*In logic, linguistics and semiotics, the denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its Meaning ; however, the part referred to varies by context:...
), with what that word or phrase specifically denotes. The connotation essentially relates to how anything may be associated with a word or phrase, for example, an implied value judgment or feelings.

  • A stubborn person may be described as being either strong-willed or pig-headed. Although these have the same literal meaning (i.e. stubborn), strong-willed connotes admiration for the level of someone's will, while pig-headed connotes frustration in dealing with someone.
  • It is often useful to avoid words with strong connotations (especially disparaging
    Pejorative

    Words and phrases are pejorative if they imply disapproval or contempt. When used as an adjective, pejorative is synonymous with derogatory, derisive, dyslogistic, and contemptuous....
     ones) when striving to achieve a neutral point of view
    Objectivity (philosophy)

    For other uses of "objectivity", see Objectivity Objectivity is both an important and very difficult concept to pin down in philosophy. While there is no universally accepted articulation of objectivity, a proposition is generally considered to be objectively true when its truth conditions are "mind-independent"—that is, not the r...
    . A desire for more positive connotations, or fewer negative ones, is one of the main reasons for using euphemism
    Euphemism

    A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener, or in the case of #Doublespeak, to make it less troublesome for the speaker....
    s.


Logic


In logic
Logic

Logic is the study of the principles of valid demonstration and inference. Logic is a branch of philosophy, a part of the classical Trivium . The word derives from Greek language ?????? , fem....
 and semantics
Semantics

Semantics is the study of meaning in communication. The word is derived from the Greek language word s??a?t???? , "significant", from s??a??? , "to signify, to indicate" and that from s??a , "sign, mark, token"....
, connotation is more or less synonymous with intension
Intension

Intension refers to the possible things a word or phrase could describe. It stands in contradistinction to extension , which refers to the actual things the word or phrase does describe....
. Connotation is often contrasted with denotation
Denotation

This word has distinct meanings in other fields: see denotation . For the opposite of Denotation see Connotation.*In logic, linguistics and semiotics, the denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its Meaning ; however, the part referred to varies by context:...
, which is more or less synonymous with extension
Extension (semantics)

In any of several studies that treat the use of sign s, for example in linguistics, logic, mathematics, semantics, and semiotics, the extension of a concept, idea, or sign consists of the things to which it applies, in contrast with its comprehension or intension, which consists very roughly of the ideas, properties, or corresponding signs...
. Alternatively, the connotation of the word may be thought of as the set of all its possible referents (as opposed to merely the actual ones). A word's denotation is the collection of things it refers to; its connotation is what it implied about the things it is used to refer to. The denotation of dog is (something like) four-legged canine carnivore. So saying "you are a dog" would imply that you were ugly or aggressive rather than stating that you were canine.

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  • Comprehension (logic)
    Comprehension (logic)

    In logic, the comprehension of an object is the totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion....
  • Denotation
    Denotation

    This word has distinct meanings in other fields: see denotation . For the opposite of Denotation see Connotation.*In logic, linguistics and semiotics, the denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its Meaning ; however, the part referred to varies by context:...
  • Extension
    Extension (semantics)

    In any of several studies that treat the use of sign s, for example in linguistics, logic, mathematics, semantics, and semiotics, the extension of a concept, idea, or sign consists of the things to which it applies, in contrast with its comprehension or intension, which consists very roughly of the ideas, properties, or corresponding signs...
  • Extensional definition
    Extensional definition

    An extensional definition of a concept or term formulates its meaning by specifying its extension , that is, every object that falls under the definition of the concept or term in question....
  • Intension
    Intension

    Intension refers to the possible things a word or phrase could describe. It stands in contradistinction to extension , which refers to the actual things the word or phrase does describe....
  • Intensional definition
    Intensional definition

    In logic and mathematics, an intensional definition gives the Meaning of a term by specifying all the properties required to come to that definition, that is, the necessary and sufficient conditions for belonging to the set being defined....
  • Metacommunicative competence
    Metacommunicative competence

    Metacommunicative competence is the ability to intervene within difficult conversations and to correct communication problems by utilizing the different ways of practical communication:...
  • Subtext
    Subtext

    Subtext is content of a book, play, musical work, film, video game or television series which is not announced explicitly by the characters but is implicit or becomes something understood by the observer of the work as the production unfolds....


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