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Connotative in this case could mean, I suppose, allusive?
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I offer you the second "webisode" of Bitter Lawyer's "Living the Life", Connotative, Denotative, wherein Nick experiments with lawyer humor.
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I offer you the second "webisode" of Bitter Lawyer's "Living the Life", Connotative, Denotative, wherein Nick experiments with lawyer humor.
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I offer you the second "webisode" of Bitter Lawyer's "Living the Life", Connotative, Denotative, wherein Nick experiments with lawyer humor.
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Connotative associations extend beyond the specific topical context of the conversation.
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Connotative names do not precede, but follow, the attributes which they connote.
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839
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The expression is, in itself, appropriate; but as it has not the advantage of being connected with any verb, of so markedly distinctive a character as βto connote,β it is not, I think, fitted to supply the place of the word Connotative in scientific use.
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839
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Connotative names do not precede, but follow, the attributes which they connote.
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839
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Connotative names have hence been also called _denominative_, because the subject which they denote is denominated by, or receives a name from, the attribute which they connote.
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839
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Connotative names, therefore, were, after proper names, the first which were used: and in the simpler cases, no doubt, a distinct connotation was present to the minds of those who first used the name, and was distinctly intended by them to be conveyed by it.
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839
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