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Cultural or emotional association
A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that any given word or phrase carries, in addition to its explicit or literal
Connotation
distinct meanings in logic, philosophy, and common usage. See connotation. In semiotics, connotation arises when the denotative relationship between a signifier
Connotation_(semiotics)
1997 studio album by Robben Ford
Blues Connotation is an album by American blues guitarist Robben Ford. The album A Song I thought I heard Buddy Sing contains material from the same sessions
Blues_Connotation
Prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex or gender
Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but primarily affects women and girls. It has been linked
Sexism
Person skilled in information technology
term and the malicious connotations of the word were a later perversion is untrue." He found that the malicious connotations were already present at
Hacker
Obscene hand gesture
In the United States, the Shocker is a hand gesture with a sexual connotation. The index, middle, and little fingers are extended, while the ring finger
Shocker_(gesture)
Species of plant
the flower has largely taken on the Japanese connotation with death and afterlife, and the Korean connotation of unrealized love. "Lycoris radiata (L'Hér
Lycoris_radiata
Rhetorical technique to create bias
emotive connotations of these words are different. Firm carries a positive connotation, obstinate carries a neutral (or slightly negative) connotation, and
Emotive_conjugation
Derogatory or discriminating term
is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something. It
Pejorative
intention of causing offense, while others may be much more offensive. The connotation of a term and prevalence of its use as a pejorative or neutral descriptor
List_of_ethnic_slurs
describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider
List of disability-related terms with negative connotations
List_of_disability-related_terms_with_negative_connotations
Excessive attention or control by a manager
an obsession with details. Micromanagement generally has a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of freedom and trust in the workplace, and an excessive
Micromanagement
Classical music composition by Aaron Copland
Connotations is a classical music composition for symphony orchestra written by American composer Aaron Copland. Commissioned by Leonard Bernstein in 1962
Connotations_(Copland)
Academic journal
Connotations: A Journal for Critical Debate is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal that was established in 1991 covering the field of English
Connotations_(journal)
Shock effect technique in media and art
Gross-out is described as a movement in art (often with comical connotations), which is intended to shock the viewer(s) and disgust the wider audience
Gross-out
Person who has emigrated
émigré (French: [emigʁe]) is a person who has emigrated, often with a connotation of political or social exile or self-exile. The word is the past participle
Émigré
Urban socioeconomic process
used to describe a wide array of phenomena, sometimes in a pejorative connotation. Gentrification is a common and controversial topic in urban politics
Gentrification
Continent
and Russian influence. Such questions were affected by the positive connotations associated with the term Europe by its users. Such cultural considerations
Europe
anarchists use "libertarian socialist" to avoid anarchism's negative connotations and emphasize its connections with socialism. Anarchism retains a historical
Definition of anarchism and libertarianism
Definition_of_anarchism_and_libertarianism
Court with little or no judicial credibility
in the Anglosphere. The term is sometimes used without any negative connotation. For example, many Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball teams
Kangaroo_court
Builders of the physical realm that serve the demiurge
planets; they prevent souls from leaving the material realm. The political connotation of their name reflects rejection of the governmental system, as flawed
Archon_(Gnosticism)
List of age-related terms with negative connotations List of disability-related terms with negative connotations Category:Political pejoratives for people
Lists of pejorative terms for people
Lists_of_pejorative_terms_for_people
Term for a group of famous footballers recruited by a club
on-pitch achievements. The term itself carries both positive and negative connotations. Initially, it was used to emphasise the greatness of the superstar players
Galácticos
German term for people with roots in Southeastern Europe, Middle East, and North Africa
more ambiguous connotations to Southern European immigrants and the working class, it is now used with a strong derogatory connotation against people
Kanake
Internet top-level domain
with the intent to focus on pornographic content, but to use the adult connotations as a benefit to a marketing strategy. An example is the registration
.xxx
Small attic used as apartment
The word entered Middle English through Old French with a military connotation of watchtower, garrison or billet – a place for guards or soldiers to
Garret
Obscene gesture in Europe and Latin America
In Brazil, the gesture is known as a "banana" and carries the same connotation as giving someone the middle finger. It can also be used to denote disrespectfully
Bras_d'honneur
Range of Indian religious traditions
alternative name of India. Among the earliest known records of 'Hindu' with connotations of religion may be in the 7th-century CE Chinese text Record of the Western
Hinduism
Name list
Santo or diminutive Santino. Both names are diminutive forms with the connotation of "little saint." Santina Campana (1929–1950), Italian woman declared
Santina
Virtual online communities
power of stereotypes. Stereotypes can have both negative and positive connotations. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, youth were accused of responsibility
Social_media
Day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated
various meanings in the past, while more recently it has obtained the connotation of "Day" itself, thereby creating the phrase "Day-Day", or "Day of Days"
D-Day_(military_term)
Engaging in risky financial transactions
speculator hopes for a decline in value. Speculation often has a pejorative connotation, as the activity is linked to bubbles, economic downturns, and financial
Speculation
Theatre of war of European Axis and Soviet Union blocs
step, since after the Russian Revolution of 1917 shoulderboards had connotations as a symbol of the old Tsarist régime. Beginning in autumn 1941, units
Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
Science fiction device in Asimov's work
discovered particle, and so the buzz word "positronic" added a scientific connotation to the concept. Asimov's 1942 short story "Runaround" elaborates his
Positronic_brain
All that exists
known physical phenomena. Initially, the term was used with an ironic connotation to refer to various overgeneralized theories. For example, a great-grandfather
Everything
Name list
name and surname of Igbo origin. It means “good road,” being similar in connotation to Ijeoma. John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi (born 1970), English basketball
Uzoma
Transformation of goods, services, ideas and people into commodities or objects of trade
information, people) into commodities, or objects for sale. It has a connotation of losing an inherent quality or social relationship when something is
Commodification
French word indicating "flamboyance" or "courage"
pronunciation: [panaʃ]) is a word of French origin that carries the connotation of flamboyant manner and reckless courage, derived from the helmet-plume
Panache
Linguistic analysis
substituting words of the same type or class to calibrate shifts in connotation. In semiotic literary criticism, a syntagm (or syntagma) is a building
Paradigmatic_analysis
Photograph opportunity as media event
photo opportunity in the Oval Office." The term has acquired a negative connotation, referring to a carefully planned pseudo-event, often masqueraded as
Photo_op
Pejorative Chinese language slang term for foreigners
Chinese slang term referring to foreigners, with a history of xenophobic connotations. Starting with the arrival of European sailors in the sixteenth century
Guizi
Type of logical fallacy
difference exists. It is particularly used when a word or phrase has connotations associated with it that one party to an argument prefers to avoid. For
Distinction without a difference
Distinction_without_a_difference
Formal disaffiliation of a religious belief
a person's former religion, in a technical sense, with no pejorative connotation. Occasionally, the term is also used metaphorically to refer to the renunciation
Apostasy
Term with multiple meanings
woman". Because of its multiple senses including both innocent and vulgar connotations, pussy is often the subject of double entendre. The etymology of the
Pussy
is what the image is or represents. The literal meaning of the image. Connotation (Semiotics) is arbitrary in that the meanings brought to the image are
Semiotics_of_photography
Erotic attraction to shoes
Almost any type of shoe can be fetishized, depending on the sexual connotation associated with the wearer, for example an entire area of gay subculture
Shoe_fetishism
Video game classification
negatively perceived by some game developers and retaining negative gameplay connotation. Other descriptors have been commonly used for games of such style, including
Walking_simulator
Supreme leader of an Islamic community
(r. 634–644) adopted the title. This was likely not for its military connotation, but rather deriving from a Quranic injunction to "Obey God and obey
Amir_al-Mu'minin
System of American folk religion
most basic sense, the English term "powwow" generally holds a neutral connotation, as opposed to Braucherei, which is generally positive to speakers of
Braucherei
Lacking stable, safe, functional housing
tramps. All three of these terms, however, generally have a derogatory connotation today. In 2004, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Homelessness
Iranic ethnic group
especially in Fars. At that time, the term "Kurd" did not have ethnic connotations and generally referred to nomadic people, and later scholars claimed
Kurds
Erotic practices involving domination and sadomasochism
sadomasochistic activities and safety rules. Further texts with sadomasochistic connotation appear worldwide during the following centuries on a regular basis. There
BDSM
Latin exhortation to repent
resipiscite – a translation that favors the connotation of changing one's internal state of mind, rather than the connotation of engaging in external penitential
Poenitentiam_agite
British evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
has adopted the term bright as a way of associating positive public connotations with those who possess a naturalistic worldview. He has given support
Richard_Dawkins
Intent to transform or replace the fundamental principles of society
coinage to comprehend the entire political spectrum, though retaining the connotation of "change at the root". The Oxford English Dictionary traces usage of
Radical_politics
Study of meaning in urban form of signs and symbols
symbols, and their social connotations. Most urban semiotic theory is based on social semiotics, which considers social connotations, including meanings related
Urban_semiotics
Act of physical injury that degrades the appearance or function of any living body
of life. In the modern era, the term has an overwhelmingly negative connotation, referring to alterations that render something inferior, dysfunctional
Mutilation
Suburb of a large city, especially in France
Beginning in the 1970s, the term banlieue has taken on a particular connotation, becoming a popular word for economically-deprived suburbs featuring
Banlieue
Cosmological dualism in Chinese philosophy
on a coffin suggests it might have an unknown afterlife mythological connotation. Further more, the use of black for male genitalia instead of assumed
Yin_and_yang
Japanese term for girls or women who act deliberately cute or innocent
phony connotation. Although men may complain about burikko, labeling its doers as fake, men may still appreciate and encourage the social connotation which
Burikko
Nazi German racial classification
the Nuremberg racial laws of 1935. In German, the word has the general connotation of “hybrid”, “mongrel”, or “half-breed”. Outside its use in official
Mischling
Street art campaign by Shepard Fairey
being a "transition ...into something that had more of an Orwellian connotation". It is this new image with the text "OBEY" which has become a worldwide
Andre_the_Giant_Has_a_Posse
Topics referred to by the same term
separation Pejorative, a term expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or potentially something
Slur
Presumptuous audacity
"audacity". Thus, the original Yiddish word has a strongly negative connotation, but the form which entered English as a Yiddishism in American English
Chutzpah
Theory in philosophy of language
Mill introduced a distinction between what he called "connotation" and "denotation". Connotation is a relation between a name (singular or general) and
Direct_reference_theory
French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
explained that these bourgeois cultural myths were "second-order signs," or "connotations." A picture of a full, dark bottle is a signifier that relates to a specific
Roland_Barthes
Type of Jewish mysticism
magic, alchemy and divination, Kabbalah acquired some popular occult connotations forbidden within Judaism, where Jewish Practical Kabbalah was a minor
Kabbalah
2015 biographical musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
failed to find any evidence for the story; Newton notes that the sexual connotation of tomcat as a womanizer did not exist in the 18th century. "Take a Break"
Hamilton_(musical)
Annual Eurovision Song Contest award
created by The House of Eurovision in 1997. This was due to the negative connotation of the award because of its origins of deciding "the worst dressed look"
You're_a_Vision_Award
Linguistic and philosophical term
bearing, reference, indication, application, implication, denotation and connotation, the weight, the drift, the tenour, the lie, the trend, the range, the
Significs
Propaganda that does not hide its origin or nature
"propaganda" does not have a negative connotation. For example, the Russian word propaganda (пропаганда) has a neutral connotation in some cases, similar to the
White_propaganda
Supposed universal remedy
many different problems, especially in medicine. The word has acquired connotations of snake oil and quackery. A panacea (or panaceum) is also a literary
Panacea_(medicine)
Marxist theory of cultural dominance
imperialism. In philosophy and in sociology, the denotations and the connotations of term cultural hegemony derive from the Ancient Greek word hegemonia
Cultural_hegemony
White person who emulates Black culture
and white culture (when used as a synonym of white trash). The wannabe connotation may be used pejoratively. Bakari Kitwana, "a culture critic who's been
Wigger
Technique of painting with small, distinct dots
works of these artists, but is now used without its earlier pejorative connotation. The movement Seurat began with this technique is known as Neo-impressionism
Pointillism
Parody where water is presented by an uncommon name
The dihydrogen monoxide parody involves referring to water (H2O) by its unfamiliar chemical systematic name "dihydrogen monoxide" (DHMO) and describing
Dihydrogen_monoxide_parody
Someone who holds an office
The term officer is close to being a synonym, but it has more military connotations. An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election
Official
Archaic term for China, now considered an ethnic slur
and Sanskrit sources in earlier centuries with a neutral connotation, but its connotations shifted over time as it became widely used in the context
Shina_(word)
Lover of books
reader, or a bibliophile. In its earliest iterations, it had a negative connotation—that is, it denoted an idler who read rather than worked. Over the years
Bookworm
Swear words in Spanish-speaking nations
word caracho is also considered mild like caray.[citation needed] The connotation of "far away place" is supposedly based on the name of the Cargados Carajos
Spanish_profanity
Unmarried woman, often older
men, "he never married"), but this generally does not carry the same connotations in reference to age and perceived desirability in marriage. Long before
Spinster
Japanese white-collar worker
the other hand, the word salaryman is sometimes used with derogatory connotation due to a perception of total dependence on their employer, a lack of
Salaryman
Term meaning friend, colleague or ally, with political connotations
overshadowed by the address of comrade due to the more revolutionary connotations. The term "citizen" did not seem sufficiently pro-revolutionary as many
Comrade
Short rounded skullcap worn by some Muslims
although the kufi typically has more of an African connotation while the taqiyah has a more universal connotation. Aside from being an adornment, the taqiyah
Taqiyah_(cap)
Japanese vernacular house
artisans, and merchants (i.e., the three non-samurai castes). This connotation no longer exists in the modern Japanese language, and any traditional
Minka
Collection of compromised internet-connected devices controlled by a third party
and "network". The term is usually used with a negative or malicious connotation. A botnet is a logical collection of Internet-connected devices, such
Botnet
Roman expression of dominion over the Mediterranean Sea
nationalists and classical fascists, who attempted to revive the term with the connotation of Italy (and the Italian Empire shortly thereafter) being Rome's successor
Mare_Nostrum
American politician (born 1943)
Newt". It contained lists of "contrasting words"—words with negative connotations such as "radical", "sick," and "traitors"—and "optimistic positive governing
Newt_Gingrich
Person who has an ardent or refined interest in food and alcoholic beverages
roughly the same thing, i.e. a person who enjoys food for pleasure; the connotation of "foodie" differs slightly—an everyday person with a love for food
Foodie
Slang term for a novice or newcomer
family called The Newbies. Different spellings can have quite different connotations; so in some contexts a "newb" refers to a beginner who is willing to
Newbie
Term referring to a homosexual person
"unmanly", or "boring"). The extent to which these usages still retain connotations of homosexuality has been debated and harshly criticized.[needs update]
Gay
Distinction in certain fields of language analysis
work has continued on making such a distinction. Biblical literalism Connotation (semiotics) Denotation (semiotics) Denotation Figures of speech Frances
Literal and figurative language
Literal_and_figurative_language
Literal meaning of an expression
Denotation is contrasted with other aspects of meaning, in particular connotation. For instance, the word "warm" may evoke calmness, coziness, or kindness
Denotation
Pejorative term for the far-right
word grew in popularity, it also gained an additional non-political connotation. At a 'Chud-off' competition held in Monroe Park, a participant referred
Chud_(pejorative)
Strong, positive emotional/mental states
In Taoism, the concept of ci (慈) embodies compassion or love, with connotations of tender nurturing akin to a mother's care. It emphasizes the idea that
Love
Term that refers to Chinese middle-aged women
first wife of a man who had multiple wives. The term had a positive connotation and was a term of endearment for modest housewives who may not have been
Chinese_dama
Building comprising a single dwelling
names, and those names may acquire in their turn considerable emotional connotations. A more systematic and general approach to identifying houses may use
House
Type of newspaper
mastheads printed in red ink; the term compact was coined to avoid the connotation of the word tabloid, which implies a red top tabloid, and has lent its
Tabloid_(newspaper_format)
English punk rock band
Organised by McLaren (for whom the word "festival" had too much of a hippie connotation), the event was "considered the moment that was the catalyst for the
Sex_Pistols
Modification or development of a language
pejoration, in which a term's connotation goes from positive to negative amelioration, in which a term's connotations goes from negative to (more) positive
Language_change
CONNOTATION
CONNOTATION
Boy/Male
French
Surname with American connotations due to Laramie; a town in Wyoming USA on the Overland Trail of...
Female
English
 Pet form of English Bridget, BIDDY means "exalted one." It was rarely used after it acquired the negative connotation "old biddy." Compare with another form of Biddy.
Boy/Male
Irish
Hugh is a translation of an ancient name Aodh meaning “â€fire.â€â€ A name with nationalistic connotations as Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Red Hugh O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell together led a rebellion and won some major battles against the forces of the English queen Elizabeth 1st, before being defeated at the Battle of Kinsale in 1601.
Male
German
Short form of longer Germanic names containing the word engel, ENGEL means "angel." Though the word engel is the German word for the heavenly being, there are two other words which have often been confused with it so that names containing such words are difficult to translate. The first, Ingal is an extended form of Ing, the name of the Old Norse fertility god. The second, Angel is the Old English spelling for "Angle," the name of the Germanic tribe of the Jutland peninsula who invaded eastern and northern Britain in the 5th-6th centuries and gave their name to England. To further complicate matters, angel is also the Old English word for "angle," which has fishing connotations in both English and German.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEodhusa ‘descendant of Eodhus’; this was the name of a bardic family associated with the Maguires of Fermanagh, also Anglicized as Oswell, Oswald.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Houssaye in Seine-Maritime, so called from a collective noun from Old French hous ‘holly’.English : nickname for a woman who was mistress of her own household, from Middle English husewif (a compound of Old English hūs ‘house’ + wīf ‘woman’). It was not until the 17th century that this word acquired pejorative connotations.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French bas(se) ‘low’, ‘short’ (Latin bassus ‘thickset’; see Basso), either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’, not necessarily with derogatory connotations.English : in some instances, from Middle English bace ‘bass’ (the fish), hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman.Scottish : habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, of uncertain origin.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker or player of bass viols, from Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish bas ‘bass viol’.German : see Basse.
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Indian, Jamaican, Kannada, Latin, Scottish, Swedish
Little and Womanly; Song of Happiness; Female Version of Charles; Carl; Joy; Beautiful Woman; Little; Womanly; Diminutive with Royal Connotations
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname, probably with abusive connotations, from a diminutive of Middle English dogge ‘dog’ (Old English docga).English : nickname from Middle English dogge ‘dog’ + heved ‘head’ (Old English hēafod).
Male
English
Variant form of Norman French Gy, a derivative of Latin Wido, GUY means "wide." This name was popular until 1605 when Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Parliament after which it acquired the negative connotation "grotesque man." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a son of Bevis of Hamptoun. In use by the English.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English love(n), luve(n) ‘to love’ + lavedi ‘lady’. Reaney describes this as an obvious nickname for a philanderer; but perhaps it denoted a man who loved a woman above his social status, given the connotation of high status carried by the word lavedi.
CONNOTATION
CONNOTATION
Girl/Female
Greek Hungarian
Light.
Girl/Female
Indian
Lock of curly hair, A girl with a Lovely hair, Beauty
Girl/Female
Indian
Supporter, Victorious
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. This is a southern name, found chiefly in AL, SC, and FL.
Boy/Male
English Greek American
Dragon.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Blossomed; Flowering
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Wish; Desire
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Worshipper
Boy/Male
Indian
Flower
Girl/Female
Indian
Phases of Quran
CONNOTATION
CONNOTATION
CONNOTATION
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CONNOTATION
n.
The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
n.
The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.
adv.
In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.