denotative

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The denotative meanings of these abbreviations vary over a wide range.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2013

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

Another peculiar doctrine expounded here is that all words have natural denotative powers by which they themselves out of their own nature refer to certain objects irrespective of their comprehension or non-comprehension by the hearer.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath

A term's denotative function is, to be the name or sign of something or some multitude of things, which are said to be called or denoted by the term.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

Besides their use in illustrating the denotative force of propositions, these circles may be employed to verify the results of Obversion, Conversion, and the secondary modes of Immediate Inference.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth