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connotation

noun as in implication

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Mothers aren’t expected to be human, nor are they expected to be superhuman, though one can see why mommy bloggers like to use that term for its more positive connotation.

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"I started having a negative connotation doing anything towards him."

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Locals referred to them as Johnnies, a nickname that carries unsavoury connotations.

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"I know it has bad connotations on the men's side with greed and all those things, but in women's football it's a necessity until we have decent commercial resources available."

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The term carries an intensely pejorative connotation in the group and speaks to the imbalance of power between the singer and his fawning entourage.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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