About The Word Denotative

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Denotative

Denotative Meaning & Definition
Denotative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Denotative?

[adj] having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
[adj] in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

Synonyms | Synonyms for Denotative: appellative | denotive | designative | extensional | literal | naming(a) | numeric | numerical | referential

Related Terms | Find terms related to Denotative: allegorical | associational | connotational | connotative | definable | demonstrative | denominative | denotational | designative | diagnostic | emblematic | evidential | exhibitive | expressive | extended | extensional | figural | figurative | full of meaning | full of point | full of substance | identifying | ideographic | idiosyncratic | implicative | indicating | indicative | indicatory | individual | intelligible | intensional | interpretable | meaning | meaningful | meaty | metaphorical | naming | pathognomonic | peculiar | pithy | pointed | pregnant | readable | referential | representative | semantic | semiotic | sententious | signalizing | significant | significative | signifying | substantial | suggestive | symbolic | symbolistic | symbological | symptomatic | symptomatologic | transferred | typical

See Also | explicit | expressed

Denotative In Webster's Dictionary

\De*not"a*tive\, a. Having power to denote; designating or marking off. Proper names are pre["e]minently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. --Latham.

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