A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that any given word or phrase carries, in addition to its explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation. A connotation is frequently described as either positive or negative, with regard to its pleasing or displeasing emotional connection.

What is an example of connotation?

Connotation is the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning, which is known as denotation. For example, blue is a color, but it is also a word used to describe a feeling of sadness, as in: “She's feeling blue.” Connotations can be either positive, negative, or neutral.

What is a connotation simple definition?

Full Definition of connotation

1a : something suggested by a word or thing : implication the connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair. b : the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes.