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connotation (s) (noun), connotations (pl)
A commonly understood cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries: The term “home” has a connotation of family, comfort, warmth, security, and love; however, it also simply means a place where people live whether in harmony or not.
Suggestive emotional content or significance of a word.
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This entry is located in the following units: -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 20) com-, co-, cog-, col-, con-, cor- (page 5) not-, nosc-, nit- (page 1)