单词 | connotation |
释义 | connotationn. 1. a. The signifying in addition; inclusion of something in the meaning of a word besides what it primarily denotes; implication. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > connotation > [noun] connotation1532 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [noun] connotation1532 deuteroscopy1646 undermeaning1841 under-sense1859 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 417/1 This woorde congregacyon didde neuer signifie the noumber of christen people, as christen people, with a connotacyon or consideracion of theyr fayth or chrystendome. a1617 P. Baynes Entire Comm. Epist. Paul to Ephesians (1643) 314 When the words of knowledge do together by connotation imply affection, much more do the words of beleefe. 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 404 The Lamb, which signifies the Person of Christ, though it may be with a Connotation of his Church, his Body. 1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 374 That which formal sin adds over and above to material..is the connotation of that special dependence of it upon the will. 1829 J. Mill Anal. Human Mind (1878) I. ix. 313 If we could suppose qualis to have been used without any connotation of talis. b. That which is implied in a word in addition to its essential or primary meaning. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > connotation > [noun] > that which is implied connotate1697 connotation1867 1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. II. 6 The very word heresy, which simply means private judgment, has in all times borne an opprobrious connotation. 1877 Athenæum 21 July That adjective [un-english] possesses a somewhat uncomplimentary connotation. 2. Logic. Thesaurus » Categories » Thesaurus » Categories » b. With J. S. Mill and later logicians: The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term. (See connote v. 4.) c. In non-technical use: The sum of what a word implies or means; meaning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun] to owe a wolda1325 meaninga1387 significationa1398 understanding1433 pretensionc1443 intellect?a1475 tendment1519 sense1530 reciprocation1604 sensing1613 denotation1614 apprehension1615 explicitness1630 sounda1631 notion1646 bodementa1657 means1656 force1709 notation1829 connotation1865 content1875 territory1875 1662 E. Stillingfleet Disc. Power Excommun. 14 But this Christian society doth not respect men under the connotation of men but as Christians. 1829 J. Mill Anal. Human Mind (1869) I. ix. 299 I shall find much convenience in using the term notation to point out the sensation or sensations which are peculiarly marked by such words, the term connotation to point out the clusters which they mark along with this their principal meaning. 1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) i. v. §2 Hobbes..bestowed little or no attention upon the connotation of words; and sought for their meaning exclusively in what they denote. 1865 Sat. Rev. 2 Sept. 295 Phrases to which no definite meaning, or, more technically speaking, no fixed connotation, is attached. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. 644 An epithet sometimes detracts from, instead of adding to, the connotation of a word. 1876 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic (1880) v. 39 The intension of a term is synonymous with its comprehension, or connotation, or depth. 1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic v. 37 A definition is an exposition of the connotation of a term. 1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic ii. 19. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > communicate secretively [verb (transitive)] > have hidden meaning > implying consequence connotate1640 connote1656 connotationa1676 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. vi. 123 By reason of the coexistence of one thing with another there ariseth a various relation or connotation between them. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > meaning or signification > [noun] > joint consignification1701 connotation1786 1786 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα ix. 348 Concerning the word with, he would tell me..that it had no meaning of its own, but only a connotation or consignification. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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