Meaning of DENOTATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'deenow`teytiv
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- [adj] having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
- [adj] in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
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| | Synonyms: | | appellative, denotive, designative, extensional, literal, naming(a), numeric, numerical, referential |
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| | Antonyms: | | connotative | | |
| | See Also: | | explicit, expressed | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*not"a*tive\, a.
Having power to denote; designating or marking off.
Proper names are pre["e]minently denotative; telling us
that such as object has such a term to denote it, but
telling us nothing as to any single attribute.
--Latham.
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| | Related Terms: | | allegorical, associational, connotational, connotative, definable, demonstrative, denominative, denotational, designative, diagnostic, emblematic, evidential, exhibitive, expressive, extended, extensional, figural, figurative, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, implicative, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, naming, pathognomonic, peculiar, pithy, pointed, pregnant, readable, referential, representative, semantic, semiotic, sententious, signalizing, significant, significative, signifying, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, transferred, typical |
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