denotation

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But then we bring grammar and syntax and diction and meaning making and connotation and denotation, we take the ocean of sign system and make it into sentences and words, meanings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2022

They have the denotation level, which is what they mean in the dictionary sense.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2022

Beginning writers tend to think that definition writing looks only at the denotation, or dictionary definition.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

So they often use emojis for connotations vs. denotation.

From Washington Post

Scott is merely a noise or shape conventionally used to designate a certain person; it gives us no information about that person, and has nothing that can be called meaning as opposed to denotation.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Russell, Bertrand