Where’s your evidence? there’s a great percentage of impoverished suburbs in France than in the US, but the denotation is the same. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » More on Charles Murray] Reference
Each word has its denotation, that is to say, it names something. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Designation or denotation, which is the relation of a proposition to an external state of affairs (theory of reference, with its criterion of truth or falsity). From Wordnik.com. [Gilles Deleuze] Reference
This “content” is denotation which is a crude gloss on the full meaning of an articulation, a coarse hacking away of import. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Notes] Reference
Under the circumstances, it does seem to me that White's directive on the use of "denotation" and "connotation" is both peremptory and pre-emptive. From Wordnik.com. [Letting Go] Reference
I don’t think ‘publish’ is necessarily anachronistic, at least not in denotation. From Wordnik.com. [It’s not the platform, redux « BuzzMachine] Reference
It requires that words have the power of denotation. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
And this will be true if the denotation of Alex's word. From Wordnik.com. [The Problem of the Many] Reference
Extension = breadth = compass = application = denotation. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
Denmark denominator denotation dénouement density dentin. From Wordnik.com. [Entry Index: Cross of Gold speech to Doppler effect] Reference
The specialised socio-political meaning does not replace the basic denotation. From Wordnik.com. [More on Cultural Appropriation] Reference
Rhetorically it would serve to garner a "yes response", but it lacks denotation. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
This is a removal of meaning, a removal of notation, a de-notation … denotation. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Notes] Reference
In what follows brackets will be used for the denotation of propositions and ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Slices of Matisse] Reference
Such predicates have no denotation, and any proposition such as ˜this is a unicorn™ is false. From Wordnik.com. [John Stuart Mill] Reference
If the language contained function symbols, the denotation function would be defined by recursion. From Wordnik.com. [Classical Logic] Reference
More generally, it allows him to indicate an important source of meaning in addition to denotation. From Wordnik.com. [Goodman's Aesthetics] Reference
˜A formulation of the logic of sense and denotation™ in P. Henle, M. K.llen, and S.K. Langer (eds.). From Wordnik.com. [Propositional Attitude Reports] Reference
Where the import of a proposition is given by connotation, truth or falsity is determined by denotation. From Wordnik.com. [John Stuart Mill] Reference
Typically, it is thought that the denotation of a term according to a precisification is determined directly. From Wordnik.com. [The Problem of the Many] Reference
A phenomenal concept in general is a concept whose denotation is a phenomenal property, and it may be discurive. From Wordnik.com. [Mental Representation] Reference
At its root, the denotation of propaganda is ‘to propagate (actively spread) a philosophy or point of view’. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rush Discovers Subliminal Message in Fitzgerald Praise] Reference
Goodman's account of such cases is in terms of multiple denotation for the former and null denotation for the latter. From Wordnik.com. [Goodman's Aesthetics] Reference
Nor is there any absolute fact to scrute about the denotation of the native's words or the contours of his worldview. From Wordnik.com. [Relativism] Reference
This is the DEFINITION of P.C.; to prefer the controversial connotation over the denotation simply because it inflames. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Memorandum To Tony Snow On The Use Of The Term ‘Tar Baby’] Reference
This is not an accurate denotation since often this assumption is made not out of ignorance but because it seems adequate. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
According to his so-called DDI account, learning takes place in three stages: denotation, demonstration, and interpretation. From Wordnik.com. [Models in Science] Reference
Clearly, also, the species, in the instances given, has a wider denotation than the genus, whereas it ought to be vice versa. From Wordnik.com. [Topics] Reference
The mode of reference fundamental to symbol systems is denotation: characters denote, stand for items in the field of reference. From Wordnik.com. [Goodman's Aesthetics] Reference
Words have two powers: the power to name what they mean, or denotation; and the power to suggest what they imply, or connotation. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
For example, the denotation of the word modern is belonging to recent times, although the word may have different connotations. From Wordnik.com. [denotation] Reference
Logical designation, in other words, cannot fulfill its putative role as foundation, since it presupposes an irreducible denotation. From Wordnik.com. [Gilles Deleuze] Reference
The notion of linguistic meaning is multifaceted and subject to endless controversy, but most thinkers agree that meaning, denotation. From Wordnik.com. [Relativism] Reference
Such pictures are, of course, to be distinguished from other pictures with null denotation, such as pictures of Pegasus or of Pickwick. From Wordnik.com. [Goodman's Aesthetics] Reference
Literal denotation, metaphorical denotation, as well as exemplification and expression, can all contribute to the construction of a world. From Wordnik.com. [Goodman's Aesthetics] Reference
Give two examples of words whose denotation is fixed, but whose connotation or emotional implications would be different with different people. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Arguments] Reference
Readers can decide which is the more candid denotation of this: The baby is about 80percent delivered, feet first, until a portion of the skull is exposed. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara Boxer in Context] Reference
It demands that words have the power of perfect adaptation to the thought and feeling they express, that words have both the power of denotation and of connotation. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
For the result will be that the species has an equal or wider denotation: and this cannot be, for always the differentia has an equal or a wider denotation than the species. From Wordnik.com. [Topics] Reference
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