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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

October 10, 2012
connotation • noun

When you're talking about the implied subtext of words rather than their literal meaning, reach for the noun connotation. A political boss might not want to be called "boss" because of the negative connotations.

From the Latin com- "with" + notare "to mark," this word is all about reading between the lines. The literal meaning (or denotation) of Wall Street, for instance, is "a street in lower Manhattan that's home to many financial institutions," but the same phrase's connotations may include "wealth," "power," or "greed," depending on your experiences and opinions. A closely related word is implication.

30 comments:

  1. Some kids dont want to be called special ed because of the negative connotation

    carlos garrido mrs.foster 5 6

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  2. Marcelo Coppola (Foster) P.5
    Some kids dont wanna be call special because of negative connotation.

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  3. A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.
    Gretel Bonet
    Mrs. Foster
    Period. 5

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  4. Negative connotation can affect a person's personality.

    Julio Soto
    Ms.Foster
    Period 1/2

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  5. Why does the term carry such negative connotations for me?

    Dayanay Miranda Ms.Foster Period 6

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  6. When you talk in connotation way, that could harm others mentally.

    melissa beltre ms. foster p:5

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  7. Thirty years ago smoking had no clear social class connotations.

    Marcial Hernandez
    Ms.Foster
    p.5

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  8. My manager got mad at me because i used a connotation.

    Cristian Hernandez
    Foster
    per.5

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  9. The doctor diagnosis led to a connotation with more than one interpretation.
    Shazira Alvarez
    Ms. Foster
    Per.05

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  10. slow kids don't want to be called slow because of all the negative connotation they will be getting.

    paula bodan
    per 5&6
    mrs.foster

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  11. Connotation of a word will probably fail to get the message of the text.
    Carlos Diaz
    period.5
    ms.foster

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  12. Andy Dominguez
    Mrs.Foster
    Period 5 & 6
    My brother never likes to be called "bro", because of the negative connotation.

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  13. Being thin is a positive connotation in our society. Palacios per. 2

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  14. Maria Sanchez
    Miss Lopez 6

    "Chubby" and "fat" have about the same meaning but "fat" has more of a negative connotation meaning

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  15. Ten years ago smoking had no clear social class connotations.

    Claudia Ordaz
    Ms.Allen
    Period.1,2

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  16. Bach argues against the pejorative connotations of " optical illusion " , which suggests they are visual malfunctions.

    Luis Cuza
    Period 1
    Ms.Lopez

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  17. erika guevar P#3
    ms.allen
    Compression has come to have a negative connotation.

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  18. Nassir Hazim
    Per. 1 and 2
    Ms. allen
    Some people take some words very connotation, which i didnt ment to use.

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  19. Having different lies is a negative connotation.
    Angela Caravella
    Periods 1 & 2
    Ms. Barrionuevo

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  20. Alvaro figueroa
    ms.allen
    period5&6

    I have the connotation to do negative thing in my school.

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  21. Melissa L. Gonzalez
    Ms. Allen
    Period;1&2

    Although "beautiful" and "pretty" have quite the same meaning, he chose to call her "beautiful" because is a better connotation.

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  22. Abel Gonzalez
    Period 1&2
    Ms.Allen

    My girl friend could have said she was not interested, rather than using negative connotation by saying "you're ugly, and stay away from me".

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  23. Gabriel Lopez
    Period 5&6
    Ms.Allen

    •Bach argues against the pejorative connotations of " optical illusion " , which suggests they are visual malfunctions.

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  24. Jennifer Viera
    Ms. Allen
    Period: 3 and 4

    Remind students that what they write needs to have a positive connotation.

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  25. Manuel Rodes
    Ms.Allen
    Period:1&2

    The word null doesn't carry the connotation of failure that the word negative does.

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  26. sarah scazzi Ms. Allen period 3
    I always try my best to make my writing in a positive connotations.

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  27. No negative connotation was intended by the label ' short ' .

    Rolando Montero
    P-5/6
    Ms. Allen

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  28. Celine Fonseca
    Ms. Allen
    Period 5&6
    there are always many positive connotations for the word fat.

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  29. Yaneisy Ramos
    Ms.Allen
    Period#5&6

    Compression has come to have a negative connotation.

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  30. Thirty years ago smoking had no clear social class connotations
    roxette period 5&6 mrs.allien

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