connotation
Example Sentences
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In 2022, it spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a rebrand, asking to be called either its full name or "the bureau", not the "weather bureau" or "the Bom", given the negative connotations.
From BBC
"We should be studying this behaviour, not just dismissing it as silly because it has romantic connotations in humans."
From BBC
After videos of the event went viral online, the local news agency Fars reported that "a piece of music with political connotations" was audible behind "vulgar" images of unveiled women.
From Barron's
Bogan, a term which first emerged in Australia in the 1980s, initially meant an "unsophisticated and uncultured person" with negative connotations, but not for Louis.
From BBC
Obligation is a recurring theme in this novel, notable because its connotations are almost entirely positive; Andy’s debts have given his life purpose and meaning.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
