Denotative

But to call the critical writing of Samuel Johnson or S.T. Coleridge or Henry James "theory" is merely to engage in denotative game playing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It’s by no means impossible to interpret that in denotative terms, split the portmanteau words back into their roots — “moongrowl” as “mongrel”, “moon” and “growl” — take coinages as new signifiers for new signifieds — “rowl” as a combination of “prowl” and “growl” — and so on. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

White devotes a considerable section of his reply to straightening me out on what philosophers mean by "denotative" and "connotative," for failure to heed this, he suggests, I should "win… some kind of prize for philosophical incompetence." ❋ White, Morton (1967)

Deluxe carries, in the narrow context in which it finds its widest everyday usage, a clear and concise denotative sense: “accompanied by a slice of tomato, a leaf of iceberg lettuce, fries, and a pickle.” ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

Or can the interpreting find its way through the connotations without bringing the knife to bear in the name of denotative certainty? ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Personal names have both denotative and connotative functions — shorthand for a bundle of associations attached to a person. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

The same function can be found in an articulation constructed as a fully-formed sentence, carrying actual denotative meaning and aimed at a specific listener. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

As far as they are concerned Clute is simply relabelling the literary mode they would happily call fantasy, and it's hard to see much value in choosing his coinage over the more straightforward term given that it comes from the same root, carries the same denotative and connotative baggage and is distinguished only by the elevated register that it garners from the exotic ending -- fantastika rather than fantastic. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

In fact, if the strict referentiality of "transparent prose" makes it easier to create a translation that results in the same reading experience, if a reader of the German edition is able to construct the same Meaning and/or Story as a reader of the French edition largely because the prose is designed with no function other than the delivery of its denotative "content", this is precisely because a straight recitation is a flat recitation. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

By adding that depth, the cross-section even adds the detail of the fingernail that is completely absent in the first representation ... just as additional meanings are generated by selecting words with specific connotations and acoustic consonances in place of words which simply carry out a basic denotative function. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

Capitalism has become a word with more connotative than denotative meaning. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Or are you just trying to trade off the connotative rather than denotative meaning of theword? ❋ Unknown (2009)

[lets] get denots out of our [minds]! ❋ Chris (2003)

"Type an [example] of how it's used in a [sentence]..." "this is Denoting that you've [got to] type an example of how it's used in a sentence." ❋ Spidercarlos (2019)

"[Damn], that denotation [smells good]." ❋ KUHNTAKINTA (2014)

1. Francis is "some fag" 3. Sarah is a "dyke" and also a "noun" (Thanks for the clarification! Nothing gets past you, homophobes.) 4. Ashley is "usually a fatass" 5. Karen is a "hoebag" 6. Mario is a "[Jew bitch] cock" I just went through a lot of [phobic] [denotation] ordeals looking up good examples for you people. I'm too disgusted to look up more. ❋ Folkish (2010)