the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning:Cf. denotation (def. 1). A possible connotation of ?home? is ?a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.?
the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining the range of objects to which that term may be applied; comprehension; intension.
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