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Connotation vs Eradicated - What's the difference?

connotation | eradicated |

As a noun connotation

is a meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning a characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

As an adjective eradicated is

eliminated, utterly destroyed.

As a verb eradicated is

(eradicate).

connotation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
  • The connotations of the phrase "you are a dog" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.
  • A technical term in logic used by J. S. Mill and later logicians to refer to the attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, and contrasted with denotation .
  • The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).

    Antonyms

    * denotation

    Synonyms

    * intension

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    eradicated

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • eliminated, utterly destroyed
  • (heraldry) Having the roots of a tree visible in the emblazon.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (eradicate)