Connotative

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Connotative \Con*no"ta*tive\ (k[o^]n*n[=o]"t[.a]*t[i^]v or
     k[o^]n"n[-o]*t[asl]*t[i^]v), a.
     1. Implying something additional; illative.
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     2. (Log.) Implying an attribute. See {Connote}.


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     {Connotative term}, one which denotes a subject and implies
        an attribute. --J. S. Mill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  connotative
       adj : having the power of implying or suggesting something in
             addition to what is explicit [ant: {denotative}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "connotative":
     allegorical, associational, connotational, definable,
     demonstrative, denominative, denotational, denotative, designative,
     diagnostic, emblematic, evidential, exhibitive, expressive,
     extended, extensional, figural, figurative, full of meaning,
     full of point, full of substance, identifying, ideographic,
     idiosyncratic, implicative, indicating, indicative, indicatory,
     individual, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, meaning,
     meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, naming, pathognomonic, peculiar,
     pithy, pointed, pregnant, readable, referential, representative,
     semantic, semiotic, sententious, signalizing, significant,
     significative, signifying, substantial, suggestive, symbolic,
     symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic,
     transferred, typical