connotation

Example Sentences

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Emojis can have an "infantile connotation" which could lead to people perceiving you as younger, less senior, capable or responsible, he says.

From BBC

In the term’s darkest connotation, it means “wicked child.”

From Los Angeles Times

She also questioned the negative connotations that can sometimes be associated with having one child.

From BBC

In 2022, it spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a rebrand, asking to be called either its full name or "the bureau", not the "weather bureau" or "the Bom", given the negative connotations.

From BBC

"We should be studying this behaviour, not just dismissing it as silly because it has romantic connotations in humans."

From BBC