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connotative

adjective
con·​no·​ta·​tive | \ ˈkä-nə-ˌtā-tiv How to pronounce connotative (audio) , kə-ˈnō-tə-tiv How to pronounce connotative (audio) \

Definition of connotative

1 : connoting or tending to connote
2 : relating to connotation
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connotatively adverb

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 That may be because the connotative force of the word is outstripping the academic meaning of the word. — Kory Stamper, The Cut, "A Brief, Convoluted History of the Word ‘Intersectionality’," 9 Mar. 2018

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1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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