denotative
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The denotative meanings of these abbreviations vary over a wide range.
From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2013
The workings of my thought thus determine both its denotative and its connotative significance more fully.
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
To use the phraseology of Harvard and Radcliffe, the Sulphite is connotative, the Bromide denotative.
From Are You a Bromide? The Sulphitic Theory Expounded and Exemplified According to the Most Recent Researches into the Psychology of Boredom Including Many Well-Known Bromidioms Now in Use by Burgess, Gelett
This method of delimiting a meaning by calling out a certain attitude toward objects may be called denotative or indicative.
From How We Think by Dewey, John
Definitions are of three types, denotative, expository, scientific.
From How We Think by Dewey, John
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
