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Denotative
Denotative meaning
That denotes or names; designative. | Specific to the primary meaning of a term.
Synonyms of Denotative
Example sentences (7)
Millian theory John Stuart Mill distinguished between connotative and denotative meaning, and argued that proper names included no other semantic content to a proposition than identifying the referent of the name and were hence purely denotative.
The Book of the Gospels is denotative of a deacon’s mandate to proclaim the Gospel at Mass. Finally, the bishop will welcome him with the fraternal kiss of peace.
A television's denotative meaning might be that it is high definition.
The denotative meaning is the meaning of the product.
The reason for this is due to the many levels of semantic understanding—auditory perception, speech discrimination, denotative extraction, and dynamic symbolism.
The signified has two meanings known as denotative and connotative.
Wazlawick, Paul (1970's) opus Some of the functions of nonverbal communication in humans are to complement and illustrate, to reinforce and emphasize, to replace and substitute, to control and regulate, and to contradict the denotative message.