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📚 Glossary Term

Connotation

📖
Definition The feeling or association a word carries beyond its basic dictionary meaning.

🧒 In Simple Words

Connotation is the extra feeling a word can give in addition to its basic meaning.

📌 Example

Slim and skinny can describe a shape, but they have different connotations.

âœī¸ Use It in a Sentence

"We compared the connotation of two similar words to see which one sounded more positive."

🔗 Related Terms

DenotationToneFigurative Language