Entry Word: denotation

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known <“soul” is the common denotation for that mysterious force within the human body that gives it life and yet is separate from it> — see name 1
2 the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action <although most people exercise for fitness, the denotation of the term “fitness” varies from exerciser to exerciser> — see meaning 1