Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Connotation \Con`no*ta"tion\ (k[o^]n`n[-o]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[Cf. F. connotation.]
The act of connoting; a making known or designating something
additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
[1913 Webster]
2. a meaning implied but not explicitly denoted by some word
or expression, which may be understood in addition to the
explicit primary meaning.
[PJC]
3. (Logic) the full set of necessary properties possessed by
all the objects within the extension of a term; the
intensional meaning of a term, which determines the
objects to which the term applies; the intension of a
term.
Syn: intension. [PJC]
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