denotative

Speech parts

1. denotative - Adjective

2. denotative - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having power to denote; designating or marking off.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

explicit denotive significant meaning referential typical characteristic narrow representative symbolic naming literal diagnostic expressive indicative
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Antonyms

connotative typical comprehensive indirect descriptive expressive
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Anagrams

detonative

Examples

Maps, due to their melding of scientific and artistic approaches, always involve complex interaction between the denotative and the connotative meanings of signs they contain. Alan MacEachren

A television's denotative meaning might be that it is high definition. Source: Internet

Millian theory John Stuart Mill distinguished between connotative and denotative meaning, and argued that proper names included no other semantic content to a proposition than identifying the referent of the name and were hence purely denotative. Source: Internet

The denotative meaning is the meaning of the product. Source: Internet

The reason for this is due to the many levels of semantic understanding—auditory perception, speech discrimination, denotative extraction, and dynamic symbolism. Source: Internet

The signified has two meanings known as denotative and connotative. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

denotational denotational semantics denotationally denotatively denotativeness denotator