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Cultural or emotional association
A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that any given word or phrase carries, in addition to its explicit or literal
Connotation
distinct meanings in logic, philosophy, and common usage. See connotation. In semiotics, connotation arises when the denotative relationship between a signifier
Connotation_(semiotics)
1997 studio album by Robben Ford
Blues Connotation is an album by American blues guitarist Robben Ford. The album A Song I thought I heard Buddy Sing contains material from the same sessions
Blues_Connotation
Continent
and Russian influence. Such questions were affected by the positive connotations associated with the term Europe by its users. Such cultural considerations
Europe
intention of causing offense, while others may be much more offensive. The connotation of a term and prevalence of its use as a pejorative or neutral descriptor
List_of_ethnic_slurs
Virtual online communities
power of stereotypes. Stereotypes can have both negative and positive connotations. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, youth were accused of responsibility
Social_media
Rhetorical technique to create bias
emotive connotations of these words are different. Firm carries a positive connotation, obstinate carries a neutral (or slightly negative) connotation, and
Emotive_conjugation
Erotic attraction to shoes
Almost any type of shoe can be fetishized, depending on the sexual connotation associated with the wearer, for example an entire area of gay subculture
Shoe_fetishism
Person skilled in information technology
term and the malicious connotations of the word were a later perversion is untrue." He found that the malicious connotations were already present at
Hacker
Prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex or gender
Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but primarily affects women and girls. It has been linked
Sexism
President of DR Congo and Zaire from 1965 to 1997
apolitical or even anti-political. The word "politician" carried negative connotations, and became almost synonymous with someone who was wicked or corrupt
Mobutu_Sese_Seko
Derogatory or discriminating term
is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something. It
Pejorative
Species of plant
the flower has largely taken on the Japanese connotation with death and afterlife, and the Korean connotation of unrealized love. "Lycoris radiata (L'Hér
Lycoris_radiata
Classical music composition by Aaron Copland
Connotations is a classical music composition for symphony orchestra written by American composer Aaron Copland. Commissioned by Leonard Bernstein in 1962
Connotations_(Copland)
British rock musician and songwriter (1946–1991)
name, very universal and immediate. I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it." At about the same time, he legally
Freddie_Mercury
Excessive attention or control by a manager
an obsession with details. Micromanagement generally has a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of freedom and trust in the workplace, and an excessive
Micromanagement
Person who has emigrated
émigré (French: [emigʁe]) is a person who has emigrated, often with a connotation of political or social exile or self-exile. The word is the past participle
Émigré
Iranic ethnic group
especially in Fars. At that time, the term "Kurd" did not have ethnic connotations and generally referred to nomadic people, and later scholars claimed
Kurds
Obscene hand gesture
In the United States, the Shocker is a hand gesture with a sexual connotation. The index, middle, and little fingers are extended, while the ring finger
Shocker_(gesture)
Internet top-level domain
with the intent to focus on pornographic content, but to use the adult connotations as a benefit to a marketing strategy. An example is the registration
.xxx
Academic journal
Connotations: A Journal for Critical Debate is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal that was established in 1991 covering the field of English
Connotations_(journal)
International standards for dates and times
permits the use of "−00" with the same denotation as "+00" but a differing connotation: an unknown UTC offset. To represent a negative offset, ISO 8601 specifies
ISO_8601
Shock effect technique in media and art
Gross-out is described as a movement in art (often with comical connotations), which is intended to shock the viewer(s) and disgust the wider audience
Gross-out
Urban socioeconomic process
used to describe a wide array of phenomena, sometimes in a pejorative connotation. Gentrification is a common and controversial topic in urban politics
Gentrification
Low-quality AI-generated digital content
and online advertising. Coined in the 2020s, the term has a pejorative connotation similar to spam. "Slop" was selected as the 2025 Word of the Year by
AI_slop
describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider
List of disability-related terms with negative connotations
List_of_disability-related_terms_with_negative_connotations
anarchists use "libertarian socialist" to avoid anarchism's negative connotations and emphasize its connections with socialism. Anarchism retains a historical
Definition of anarchism and libertarianism
Definition_of_anarchism_and_libertarianism
Spiritual practices from ancient India
News. 25 January 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2010. "Why give yoga religious connotation: Deoband". Rediff News. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
Yoga
Type of Jewish mysticism
magic, alchemy and divination, Kabbalah acquired some popular occult connotations forbidden within Judaism, where Jewish Practical Kabbalah was a minor
Kabbalah
Theatre of war of European Axis and Soviet Union blocs
step, since after the Russian Revolution of 1917 shoulderboards had connotations as a symbol of the old Tsarist régime. Beginning in autumn 1941, units
Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
Street art campaign by Shepard Fairey
being a "transition ...into something that had more of an Orwellian connotation". It is this new image with the text "OBEY" which has become a worldwide
Andre_the_Giant_Has_a_Posse
Queen of France from 1774 to 1792
was instead celebrated the day before, on All Saints' Day, due to the connotations of the date. Shortly after her birth she was placed under the care of
Marie_Antoinette
Term for a group of famous footballers recruited by a club
on-pitch achievements. The term itself carries both positive and negative connotations. Initially, it was used to emphasise the greatness of the superstar players
Galácticos
Humanoid walking vehicles in science fiction
much larger than human beings. Different subgenres exist, with varying connotations of realism. The concept of Super Robot and Real Robot are two such examples
Mecha
German term for people with roots in Southeastern Europe, Middle East, and North Africa
more ambiguous connotations to Southern European immigrants and the working class, it is now used with a strong derogatory connotation against people
Kanake
Obscene gesture used to express contempt
In Brazil, the gesture is known as a "banana" and carries the same connotation as giving someone the middle finger. It can also be used to denote disrespectfully
Bras_d'honneur
U.S. state
Constitution; unlike the word "state", the word "commonwealth" had the connotation of a republic at the time. This was in contrast to the monarchy the former
Massachusetts
British evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
has adopted the term bright as a way of associating positive public connotations with those who possess a naturalistic worldview. He has given support
Richard_Dawkins
Dravidian language
tam-iḻ, with tam meaning "self" or "one's self", and "-iḻ" having the connotation of "unfolding sound". Alternatively, he suggests a derivation of tamiḻ
Tamil_language
Erotic practices involving domination and sadomasochism
sadomasochistic activities and safety rules. Further texts with sadomasochistic connotation appear worldwide during the following centuries on a regular basis. There
BDSM
List of age-related terms with negative connotations List of disability-related terms with negative connotations Category:Political pejoratives for people
Lists of pejorative terms for people
Lists_of_pejorative_terms_for_people
Pejorative term for the far-right
word grew in popularity, it also gained an additional non-political connotation. At a 'Chud-off' competition held in Monroe Park, a participant referred
Chud_(pejorative)
Swear words in Spanish-speaking nations
word caracho is also considered mild like caray.[citation needed] The connotation of "far away place" is supposedly based on the name of the Cargados Carajos
Spanish_profanity
Engaging in risky financial transactions
speculator hopes for a decline in value. Speculation often has a pejorative connotation, as the activity is linked to bubbles, economic downturns, and financial
Speculation
French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
explained that these bourgeois cultural myths were "second-order signs," or "connotations." A picture of a full, dark bottle is a signifier that relates to a specific
Roland_Barthes
Court with little or no judicial credibility
in the Anglosphere. The term is sometimes used without any negative connotation. For example, many Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball teams
Kangaroo_court
Technique of painting with small, distinct dots
works of these artists, but is now used without its earlier pejorative connotation. The movement Seurat began with this technique is known as Neo-impressionism
Pointillism
Food produced from cacao seeds
Chocolate is a popular metaphor for the black racial category. It has connotations of transgression and sexuality and is gendered as feminine. In the US
Chocolate
Transformation of goods, services, ideas and people into commodities or objects of trade
information, people) into commodities, or objects for sale. It has a connotation of losing an inherent quality or social relationship when something is
Commodification
West Germanic language
loanwords from Latin and Latinised Greek. These words often have different connotations from their Germanic counterparts and are usually perceived as more scholarly
German_language
American fast food restaurant chain
admitted the change was an attempt to distance the chain from the unhealthy connotations of "fried". The early 1990s saw a number of successful major product
KFC
American media franchise
franchise was renamed Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles due to the violent connotations of the word "ninja". In response to concerns that the series was drifting
Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles
Sino-Tibetan language
language—though the Chinese term 方言; fāngyán; 'dialect' does not carry the precise connotations of "dialect" in English—while linguists typically analyze them as separate
Chinese_language
Builders of the physical realm that serve the demiurge
planets; they prevent souls from leaving the material realm. The political connotation of their name reflects rejection of the governmental system, as flawed
Archon_(Gnosticism)
Term that refers to Chinese middle-aged women
first wife of a man who had multiple wives. The term had a positive connotation and was a term of endearment for modest housewives who may not have been
Chinese_dama
American basketball player (born 1961)
league forbid him from wearing that jersey due to the number's sexual connotations; Rodman wound up wearing number 70 instead. Rodman lived in team owner
Dennis_Rodman
Name list
name and surname of Igbo origin. It means “good road,” being similar in connotation to Ijeoma. John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi (born 1970), English basketball
Uzoma
American actor and producer (born 1964)
being played by David Alan Grier. With the producers fearing the racial connotations of a black actor in such a part, Azaria inherited the full role. He appeared
Hank_Azaria
Cosmological dualism in Chinese philosophy
on a coffin suggests it might have an unknown afterlife mythological connotation. Further more, the use of black for male genitalia instead of assumed
Yin_and_yang
Country in Southeast Asia
Reevaluation of Early Chinese Script: The Case of Yuè 戉 and Its Cultural Connotations: Speech at The First Annual Conference of Society for the Study of Early
Vietnam
French word indicating "flamboyance" or "courage"
pronunciation: [panaʃ]) is a word of French origin that carries the connotation of flamboyant manner and reckless courage, derived from the helmet-plume
Panache
Linguistic analysis
substituting words of the same type or class to calibrate shifts in connotation. In semiotic literary criticism, a syntagm (or syntagma) is a building
Paradigmatic_analysis
Species of flowering plant
Mediterranean countries. In Palestine, the olive tree carries symbolic connotations of resilience, health, ancestral ties, and community. Olive trees are
Olive
Transfer of the meaning of something in one language into another
for generating sentences, but also a vast interconnecting system of connotations and cultural references whose mastery, writes linguist Mario Pei, "comes
Translation
Range of Indian religious traditions
alternative name of India. Among the earliest known records of 'Hindu' with connotations of religion may be in the 7th-century CE Chinese text Record of the Western
Hinduism
God of the underworld in Greek mythology
whom he was allotted to rule." — Homeric Hymn to Demeter 82–86 Despite connotations of death as evil, Hades was more altruistically inclined in Platonic
Hades
Photograph opportunity as media event
photo opportunity in the Oval Office." The term has acquired a negative connotation, referring to a carefully planned pseudo-event, often masqueraded as
Photo_op
Suburb of a large city, especially in France
Beginning in the 1970s, the term banlieue has taken on a particular connotation, becoming a popular word for economically-deprived suburbs featuring
Banlieue
Type of logical fallacy
difference exists. It is particularly used when a word or phrase has connotations associated with it that one party to an argument prefers to avoid. For
Distinction without a difference
Distinction_without_a_difference
Adulation of boots in BDSM
inferiority or defeat, and sometimes both. Bootlicking also has a political connotation of being a sycophant or having "deference to power undertaken entirely
Boot_worship
German word meaning 'leader' or 'guide'
association with Hitler, the isolated word itself usually has negative connotations when used with the meaning of leader, especially in political contexts
Führer
Name list
Santo or diminutive Santino. Both names are diminutive forms with the connotation of "little saint." Santina Campana (1929–1950), Italian woman declared
Santina
Term for demographic segment
presidential election and over time has come to take on an unfavorable connotation. The phrase "soccer mom" generally refers to a married, American, middle-class
Soccer_mom
Branch of Orthodox Judaism
the term 'ultra-Orthodox', as the prefix 'ultra' carries pejorative connotations of irrational extremism." Longman, Chia. "Engendering Identities as Political
Haredi_Judaism
American politician (born 1943)
Newt". It contained lists of "contrasting words"—words with negative connotations such as "radical", "sick," and "traitors"—and "optimistic positive governing
Newt_Gingrich
Ancient Egyptian writing system
with a jug as the determinative. All these words have a meliorative connotation: "good, beautiful, perfect".[citation needed] The Concise Dictionary
Egyptian_hieroglyphs
Formal disaffiliation of a religious belief
a person's former religion, in a technical sense, with no pejorative connotation. Occasionally, the term is also used metaphorically to refer to the renunciation
Apostasy
Unmarried woman, often older
men, "he never married"), but this generally does not carry the same connotations in reference to age and perceived desirability in marriage. Long before
Spinster
Presumptuous audacity
"audacity". Thus, the original Yiddish word has a strongly negative connotation, but the form which entered English as a Yiddishism in American English
Chutzpah
Roman expression of dominion over the Mediterranean Sea
nationalists and classical fascists, who attempted to revive the term with the connotation of Italy (and the Italian Empire shortly thereafter) being Rome's successor
Mare_Nostrum
Turkic ethnic group
European ideas of nationalism, the term Türk took on a more positive connotation. During Ottoman times, the millet system defined communities on a religious
Turkish_people
Female offspring
is a first degree relative. The word daughter also has several other connotations attached to it, one of these being used in reference to a female descendant
Daughter
Video game classification
negatively perceived by some game developers and retaining negative gameplay connotation. Other descriptors have been commonly used for games of such style, including
Walking_simulator
Oldest recorded name of Japan
phonetic value of a Japonic ethnonym with a respectively differing semantic connotation. In the 8th century, the Japanese started using the character 和, wa,
Wa_(name_of_Japan)
Parody where water is presented by an uncommon name
The dihydrogen monoxide parody calls water (H2O) by its unfamiliar chemical systematic name "dihydrogen monoxide" (DHMO) and describes some of its properties
Dihydrogen_monoxide_parody
advancements in technology. Commercialism can also be used in a negative connotation to refer to the possibility within open-market capitalism to exploit
Commercialism
1st-century BCE king of Judea
Germanic contingent. While the term Doryphnoroi does not have an ethnic connotation, the unit was probably composed of distinguished veteran soldiers and
Herod_the_Great
Intent to transform or replace the fundamental principles of society
coinage to comprehend the entire political spectrum, though retaining the connotation of "change at the root". The Oxford English Dictionary traces usage of
Radical_politics
Archaic term for China, now considered an ethnic slur
and Sanskrit sources in earlier centuries with a neutral connotation, but its connotations shifted over time as it became widely used in the context
Shina_(word)
Pejorative Chinese language slang term for foreigners
Chinese slang term referring to foreigners, with a history of xenophobic connotations. Starting with the arrival of European sailors in the sixteenth century
Guizi
Term meaning friend, colleague or ally, with political connotations
overshadowed by the address of comrade due to the more revolutionary connotations. The term "citizen" did not seem sufficiently pro-revolutionary as many
Comrade
Day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated
various meanings in the past, while more recently it has obtained the connotation of "Day" itself, thereby creating the phrase "Day-Day", or "Day of Days"
D-Day_(military_term)
Topics referred to by the same term
separation Pejorative, a term expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or potentially something
Slur
is what the image is or represents. The literal meaning of the image. Connotation (Semiotics) is arbitrary in that the meanings brought to the image are
Semiotics_of_photography
UK term for a coalition government
"National Government" was chosen to dissociate itself from negative connotations of the earlier coalitions. Similarly the all-party government of Winston
National Government (United Kingdom)
National_Government_(United_Kingdom)
Small attic used as apartment
The word entered Middle English through Old French with a military connotation of watchtower, garrison or billet – a place for guards or soldiers to
Garret
Historical term for Black people
to be criticized as having been imposed by white people, and having connotations of racial subservience and Uncle Tomism. The term Black, in contrast
Negro
All that exists
known physical phenomena. Initially, the term was used with an ironic connotation to refer to various overgeneralized theories. For example, a great-grandfather
Everything
Political faction in the British Labour Party
modern Labour Party. The term "soft left" has been said to carry negative connotations which can suggest a less enthusiastic approach to socialism. It has been
Soft_left
Terms and phrases relating to sexual activities
scatolinguistics). References to the anal tract are often given a sexual connotation in the context of anal sex (in particular, in a context of male homosexuality)
Sexual_slang
CONNOTATION
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Boy/Male
French
Surname with American connotations due to Laramie; a town in Wyoming USA on the Overland Trail of...
Boy/Male
Irish
Hugh is a translation of an ancient name Aodh meaning “â€fire.â€â€ A name with nationalistic connotations as Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Red Hugh O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell together led a rebellion and won some major battles against the forces of the English queen Elizabeth 1st, before being defeated at the Battle of Kinsale in 1601.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname, probably with abusive connotations, from a diminutive of Middle English dogge ‘dog’ (Old English docga).English : nickname from Middle English dogge ‘dog’ + heved ‘head’ (Old English hēafod).
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Indian, Jamaican, Kannada, Latin, Scottish, Swedish
Little and Womanly; Song of Happiness; Female Version of Charles; Carl; Joy; Beautiful Woman; Little; Womanly; Diminutive with Royal Connotations
Male
English
Variant form of Norman French Gy, a derivative of Latin Wido, GUY means "wide." This name was popular until 1605 when Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Parliament after which it acquired the negative connotation "grotesque man." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a son of Bevis of Hamptoun. In use by the English.
Male
German
Short form of longer Germanic names containing the word engel, ENGEL means "angel." Though the word engel is the German word for the heavenly being, there are two other words which have often been confused with it so that names containing such words are difficult to translate. The first, Ingal is an extended form of Ing, the name of the Old Norse fertility god. The second, Angel is the Old English spelling for "Angle," the name of the Germanic tribe of the Jutland peninsula who invaded eastern and northern Britain in the 5th-6th centuries and gave their name to England. To further complicate matters, angel is also the Old English word for "angle," which has fishing connotations in both English and German.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEodhusa ‘descendant of Eodhus’; this was the name of a bardic family associated with the Maguires of Fermanagh, also Anglicized as Oswell, Oswald.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Houssaye in Seine-Maritime, so called from a collective noun from Old French hous ‘holly’.English : nickname for a woman who was mistress of her own household, from Middle English husewif (a compound of Old English hūs ‘house’ + wīf ‘woman’). It was not until the 17th century that this word acquired pejorative connotations.
Female
English
 Pet form of English Bridget, BIDDY means "exalted one." It was rarely used after it acquired the negative connotation "old biddy." Compare with another form of Biddy.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French bas(se) ‘low’, ‘short’ (Latin bassus ‘thickset’; see Basso), either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’, not necessarily with derogatory connotations.English : in some instances, from Middle English bace ‘bass’ (the fish), hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman.Scottish : habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, of uncertain origin.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker or player of bass viols, from Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish bas ‘bass viol’.German : see Basse.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English love(n), luve(n) ‘to love’ + lavedi ‘lady’. Reaney describes this as an obvious nickname for a philanderer; but perhaps it denoted a man who loved a woman above his social status, given the connotation of high status carried by the word lavedi.
CONNOTATION
CONNOTATION
Girl/Female
Muslim
Victorious, Successful, One who is a source of success, Triumphant
Boy/Male
Biblical
A threshing.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Love
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Understanding
Girl/Female
Tamil
Trustworthy, Faithful, Honest, Truthful
Girl/Female
Greek, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu, Ukrainian
Bond
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Murugan
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew
Divine Healer; Female Version of Raphael; God Heals
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
With Handsome Body
Girl/Female
Australian, Indonesian
Beautiful
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n.
The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.
n.
The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
adv.
In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.