connotation

The word “has a negative connotation in our popular lexicon; ‘natural’ has a positive connotation, when those words are not inherently negative or positive,” Ryan Marino, a medical toxicologist and physician, told me.

The word “has a negative connotation in our popular lexicon; ‘natural’ has a positive connotation, when those words are not inherently negative or positive,” Ryan Marino, a medical toxicologist and physician, told me.

There could be the connotation that you’re a little less mature, but honestly?

The term "bureaucrat" has held a negative connotation pretty much since it was invented, especially when applied to governments.

“Descriptors such as ‘outgoing’ and ‘sociable’ may be perceived as having a more positive connotation than terms we use to describe introversion,” Singhal tells me.