Definizione monolingua

connotation

connotation (plural connotations)

1. A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

   The connotations of the phrase ""you are a dog"" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.

2. A technical term in logic used by J. S. Mill and later logicians to refer to the attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, and contrasted with denotation.

   The two expressions ""the morning star"" and ""the evening star"" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).

Definizione dizionario connotation

	connotazione
	The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning.

Altri significati:

suggested or implied meaning

A technical term in logic used by J. S. Mill and later logicians to refer to the attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, and contrasted with denotation.

A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.