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denotative, a.|dɪˈnəʊtətɪv|
[f. L. dēnōtāt-, ppl. stem of dēnōtāre + -ive: cf. connotative.]
a. Having the quality of denoting; designative, indicative.
1611Cotgr., Designatif, designatiue, denotatiue. 1751Lett. Physiognomy 121 (T.), What are the effects of sickness? the alteration it produces is so denotative, that a person is known to be sick by those who never saw him in health. 1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 225 Non-difference from the subject of right notion is not here denotative of oneness with it. 1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. ii. i. 363 The half-opened eye during sleep is not necessarily denotative of any trouble.
b. Logic. Of a word: Having the quality of designating, as distinguished from connotative. Also as n.
1864Latham Dict. s.v. Denotation, Proper names are preeminently denotative; telling us that such an object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. 1869J. Martineau Ess. II. 327 He must have resorted to..names more purely denotative still. 1944Mind LIII. 35 Roughly, empirical ties are the denotatives: demonstrative pronouns (‘this’, ‘that’), relative adverbs (‘here’, ‘now’), also symbols often not called linguistic, such as gestures (pointing), etc.
Hence deˈnotatively adv., in a denotative manner.
1864Bowen Logic iv. 65 If used connotatively, it is called a Mark; if used denotatively, it is called a Concept. 1881Venn Symbolic Logic ii. 36 The classes, whether plural or individual, are all alike represented denotatively by literal symbols, w, x, y, z. |