denotation
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Denotation: the literal or dictionary definition of a word.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Now if there is no Denotation in a phrase, how can there arise any Indication?
From The Tattva-Muktavali by Chakravartin, Purnananda
Thus a proper name or even an abstract term is said to have Denotation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
Now, terms may be classified, first according to what they stand for or denote; that is, according to their Denotation.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
Footnote 4: Strictly speaking, as I have tried to indicate all along, the words Connotation and Denotation, or Extension and Intension, apply only to general names.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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