Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   Con·no·ta·tion

   /ˌkänəˈtāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning: "the word “discipline” has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression"
   • ▪ the abstract meaning or intension of a term, which forms a principle determining which objects or concepts it applies to.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from medieval Latin connotatio(n-), from connotare ‘mark in addition’ (see connote).

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • N

     1

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   Powered by Oxford Languages

   More Definitions, Word Origin & ScrabbleShow less