| 单词 | denotive |
| 释义 | denotive (once / 1313257 pages) adj WORD FAMILY denote: denotation, denotative, denoted, denotes, denoting, denotive+/denotation: denotations/denotative: denotatively USAGE EXAMPLESA strictly denotive name expresses no one quality or character, but embraces all qualities and characters. Powell, John Wesley, On the Evolution of Language—First...(2010) It is believed that a name should be simply a denotive word, and that no advantage can accrue from a descriptive or connotive title. Powell, John Wesley, Indian Linguistic Families Of Ameri...(2010) These examples illustrate the general characteristics of Indian nouns; they are excessively connotive; a simply denotive name is rarely found. Powell, John Wesley, On the Evolution of Language—First...(2010) adj having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming Syn|Ant denotative appellative, naming inclined to or serving for the giving of names designativeserving to designate extensionaldefining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies referenthaving reference referentialreferring or pointing to something explicit, expressedprecisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication connotative having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit connotational, connotative ofof or relating to a connotation implicative, suggestivetending to suggest or imply inferentialderived or capable of being derived by inference intensionalused of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word implicit, inexplicitimplied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something |
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