Associations to the word «Connotation»

Wiktionary

CONNOTATION, noun. 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.
CONNOTATION, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

CONNOTATION, noun. What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.
CONNOTATION, noun. An idea that is implied or suggested.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras