Wondering how to use Connotation in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as meaning or intension.
Connotation meaning
- A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
- The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.
Synonyms of Connotation
Using Connotation
- The main meaning on this page is: A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in. | The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.
- Useful related words include: meaning, intension, significance, signification.
- In the example corpus, connotation often appears in combinations such as: negative connotation, connotation of, the connotation.
Context around Connotation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Connotation
- In this selection, "connotation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, negative, aesthetic, bad, scientists, liberals and hinders stand out and add context to how "connotation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bad connotation and a negative connotation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "connotation" sits close to words such as acp, administers and ansari, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with connotation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Our language is entrenched in connotation and deeper meanings. (9 words)
Once spatiotemporal information varies, the connotation of knowledge will change accordingly. (11 words)
It is full of sexual connotation and after 52 episodes the show was canceled. (14 words)
According to the real estate section of the Chicago Tribune, a group of black Realtors wants to get a movement going to stop using the phrase “master” bedroom in listings, because they think it has a bad connotation. (38 words)
Like you don’t have to be a woman or brown or Muslim or all these other things that carry so much baggage and connotation, but instead they can be what it is that they want to be. (38 words)
The name for the development was chosen for the connotation of freedom of mind and spirit, based on her belief that freedom allowed the mind to dream and the universe subsequently conspiring to bring the picture to fruition. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although coldness often has a negative connotation, scientists have recently shown that cold imagery in visual ads can help convey an idea of "newness" in a marketed product.
Giannoulias’ office has the right to reject applications for any plate that “creates a connotation that is offensive to good taste and decency” under state law.
Once spatiotemporal information varies, the connotation of knowledge will change accordingly.
The company frequently shows up on the international stage, aiming to bring the best Chinese liquor products to global consumers and deliver Chinese liquor culture and oriental aesthetic connotation to the world.
The mask had a connotation of duplicity and betrayal, of disguise and hope, of pretension and dream.
For a while, the term people used for these folks was “influencers,” but that quickly became a term with a slightly negative connotation.
I think “emergency” has the connotation of being imminent in damage/danger and immediately fixable.
Self-reported statistics show teen nicotine use is down from 40 years ago before cigarettes had a negative connotation to them, according to officials from the Colorado Department of Public Health.
According to the real estate section of the Chicago Tribune, a group of black Realtors wants to get a movement going to stop using the phrase “master” bedroom in listings, because they think it has a bad connotation.
But if it was "art" that depicted homosexuality in a negative connotation, liberals would do the same.
For supermodel Christie Brinkley’s three children, Alexa Ray Joel, 33, Jack Brinkley-Cook, 24, and Sailor Brinkley-Cook, 21, the term “celebrity children” carries a negative connotation.
He went on: “The connotation the president is carrying forward is a political mob seeking an outcome regardless of facts.
I have for example figured out how to ask one where they are from without the offensive connotation.
In spite of its current controversial connotation, many locals consider the emblem to be a cultural artifact.
It is full of sexual connotation and after 52 episodes the show was canceled.
Like you don’t have to be a woman or brown or Muslim or all these other things that carry so much baggage and connotation, but instead they can be what it is that they want to be.
Our language is entrenched in connotation and deeper meanings.
The City of Asbestos in Quebec, Canada, announced that it will change its moniker because the negative connotation hinders its ability to develop economic relationships abroad, the city said in a news release.
The name for the development was chosen for the connotation of freedom of mind and spirit, based on her belief that freedom allowed the mind to dream and the universe subsequently conspiring to bring the picture to fruition.
The public defender said it usually carried a negative connotation when directed toward black men.
Common combinations with connotation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- negative connotation 27×
- connotation of 24×
- the connotation 11×
- connotation that 7×
- connotation and 7×
- pejorative connotation 7×
- connotation in 6×
- connotation is 6×
- connotation to 4×
- connotation the 3×