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3 words match “CONNOTATION”

CONNOTATION n.
The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
CONNOTATIVELY adv.
In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.
INTENSION n.
qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; - - opposed to extension, extent, or sphere. This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton.