connotation
Example Sentences
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From Salon
United's official LGBTQ+ fans group Rainbow Devils said it welcomed Fletcher's apology and that "homophobic language has no place in football or society regardless of intention or connotation".
From BBC
But she added that she is aware the term has taken on some negative connotations.
Its romantic connotations, however, were believed to have been influenced by the dining culture of the early 1900s.
From Salon
The Colombian film “A Poet” is, yes, about a poet, though that title takes on a revolving set of connotations—an aspiration, an occupation, a mocking epithet, a euphemism for “unemployed.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
