English-Thai Dictionary

connotation

N การ แสดงถึง ความหมาย โดยนัย  implication kan-sa-daeng-tueng-kwam-mai-doi-nai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONNOTATION

n.The act of making known or designating with something; implication of something beside itself inference. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONNOTATION

Con `no *ta "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. connotation. ]

 

Defn: The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

connotation

con no ta tion |ˌkänəˈtāSHən ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən | ▶noun an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning: the word “discipline ” has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression | the work functions both by analogy and by connotation. • Philosophy the abstract meaning or intension of a term, which forms a principle determining which objects or concepts it applies to. Often contrasted with denotation. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin connotatio (n- ), from connotare ‘mark in addition ’ (see connote ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

connotation

connotation |kɒnəˈteɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning: the word ‘discipline ’ has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression | [ mass noun ] : the work functions both by analogy and by connotation. • Philosophy the abstract meaning or intension of a term, which forms a principle determining which objects or concepts it applies to. Often contrasted with denotation. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin connotatio (n- ), from connotare ‘mark in addition ’ (see connote ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

connotation

connotation noun there was a connotation of distrust in his voice: overtone, undertone, undercurrent, implication, hidden meaning, nuance, hint, echo, vibrations, association, intimation, suggestion, suspicion, insinuation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

connotation

connotation noun the word ‘discipline ’ has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression: overtone, undertone, undercurrent, implication, hidden meaning, secondary meaning, nuance, flavour, feeling, aura, atmosphere, colouring, smack, hint, vein, echo, vibrations, association, intimation, suggestion, suspicion, insinuation; rare undermeaning, subcurrent.

 

French Dictionary

connotation

connotation n. f. nom féminin Valeur particulière d ’un mot, outre sa signification propre. : Une connotation péjorative.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

connotation

con no ta tion /kɑ̀nətéɪʃ (ə )n |kɔ̀n -/名詞 1 U C 〖しばしば ～s 〗(言葉 名前などの )言外の意味 ; 含意, 含蓄 ▸ have (a ) bad [sexual ] connotation (s )悪い [性的 ]意味を持つ 2 〘論 〙内包 (↔denotation ).