denotation
Signification (English)
- The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
- The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
- The intension and extension of a word
- Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
- Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
- A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
Concepts
Synonyms
𐐼𐐨𐑌𐐬𐐻𐐩𐑇𐐲𐑌
Coupé comme
de‧no‧ta‧tion
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˌdiː.noʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
Étymologie (English)
From Late Latin dēnotātiō, from Latin dēnotāre (“to denote, mark out”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns of action), from dē- (“completely”) + notāre (“to mark”); equivalent to denote + -ation.
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