connotation

He often spoke of striving, which he meant as searching or seeking, but the word also took on the old-fashioned connotation of uplifting the race by uplifting yourself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"The hippocampus is important for our ability to distinguish between similar but different memories and separate the emotional connotation of past memories and current events," Dupont says.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

While taking on more than $100,000 in debt can have a negative connotation, at the time it may have seemed like a sound financial decision.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026

Even in 2005, the words “Brokeback Mountain” had an instant connotation, different from person to person.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2025

In Nahuatl, the words almost shimmer with connotation: what was true was well grounded, stable and immutable, enduring above all.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

From the second I heard about “asynchronous” studies, I thought of the word’s negative connotations: not happening or existing simultaneously, out of sync, allochronic, unsynchronized.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

“The horse elevates the art; symbolically, it carries connotations of elegance and nobility,” González said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

"She had to grapple with all the connotations that came with that," Walsh said.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Comey has said he did not realize that “86,” a slang term for getting rid of something, had violent connotations.

From Slate ● May 1, 2026

That word, of course, has negative connotations these days.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell