Get to know Denotative better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like explicit or connotative.
Denotative in a sentence
Denotative meaning
- That denotes or names; designative.
- Specific to the primary meaning of a term.
Synonyms of Denotative
Using Denotative
- The main meaning on this page is: That denotes or names; designative. | Specific to the primary meaning of a term.
- Useful related words include: explicit, connotative, expressed, referential.
- In the example corpus, denotative often appears in combinations such as: denotative meaning, the denotative.
Context around Denotative
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Denotative
- In this selection, "denotative" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, purely, discrimination, meaning, extraction and message stand out and add context to how "denotative" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include connotative and denotative meaning and and contradict the denotative message. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "denotative" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with denotative
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The denotative meaning is the meaning of the product. (9 words)
The signified has two meanings known as denotative and connotative. (10 words)
A television's denotative meaning might be that it is high definition. (12 words)
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. (37 words)
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. (36 words)
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. (30 words)
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.
Common combinations with denotative
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: