connotative
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Connotative terms—denote a subject, and imply an attribute.—-.
From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob
Known sometimes as the Connotative or the Denotative-Connotative view.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
Connotative meanings like these more than atoned for the unflinching frankness of certain other phrases.
From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells
Connotative names have hence been also called denominative, because the subject which they denote is denominated by, or receives a name from, the attribute which they connote.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) by Mill, John Stuart
Occam carried this a step farther towards clear light by including among Connotative Terms such general names as "monk," name of classes that at once suggest a definite attribute.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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