Associations to the word «Denotation»
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Wiktionary
DENOTATION, noun. The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
DENOTATION, noun. (logic) (linguistics) (semiotics) The primary, literal, or explicit meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
DENOTATION, noun. (philosophy) (logic) The intension and extension of a word
DENOTATION, noun. (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
DENOTATION, noun. (semiotics) The surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary
DENOTATION, noun. (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
DENOTATION, noun. (media-studies) A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
Dictionary definition
DENOTATION, noun. The act of indicating or pointing out by name.
DENOTATION, noun. The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.