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HifaMo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Passion: connotation vs denotation
According to Oxford's definition of passion, 'passion has five meanings.
1.I am confused as to whether the five meanings of 'passion' provided by the Oxford dictionary above are denotations or connotation.
If I follow the definition below, then just the first entry is the denotation of the word, the others are merely connotations.
"A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word's or phrase's explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation."
Wikipedia
For example:
The first entry in the page definition of 'passion' above, which is 'a very strong feeling of love, hatred, anger, enthusiasm, is the denotation of.
The third entry for example, which is 'a very strong feeling of sexual love' is a connotation.
Am I right.?
Thanks.
1.I am confused as to whether the five meanings of 'passion' provided by the Oxford dictionary above are denotations or connotation.
If I follow the definition below, then just the first entry is the denotation of the word, the others are merely connotations.
"A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word's or phrase's explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation."
Wikipedia
For example:
The first entry in the page definition of 'passion' above, which is 'a very strong feeling of love, hatred, anger, enthusiasm, is the denotation of.
The third entry for example, which is 'a very strong feeling of sexual love' is a connotation.
Am I right.?
Thanks.
Top answer
HifaMo connotation vs denotation A good dictionary will offer a plethora of both, and one man's connotation is another's denotation. (Note the denotation and connotation of my use of the word 'man')
- HifaMo connotation vs denotation A good dictionary will offer a plethora of both, and one man's connotation is another's denotation.
- (Note the denotation and connotation of my use of the word 'man')
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HifaMoconnotation vs denotationA good dictionary will offer a plethora of both, and one man's connotation is another's denotation.
(Note the denotation and connotation of my use of the word 'man')
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I think connotations are more remote from the word than that. They are mainly cultural and are not inherent in the word. All the dictionary definitions are denotation.
For example, "cotton candy" has connotations of summertime fun for me, because I am an American who has been to many fairs. It would have no such connotation for a Brit, because they call the stuff candyfloss.
For example, "cotton candy" has connotations of summertime fun for me, because I am an American who has been to many fairs. It would have no such connotation for a Brit, because they call the stuff candyfloss.
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HifaMoI am confused as to whether the five meanings of 'passion' provided by the Oxford dictionary above are denotations or connotation. If I follow the definition below, then just the first entry is the denotation of the word, the others are merely connotations.Do you have the view that a connotation is somehow a less important type of definiti
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