Quote: a connotative term (e.g., white) denotes a subject and connotes an attribute (e.g., whiteness)

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A connotative term is one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. ... Whiteness, length, virtue, signify an attribute only. ... But white, long, virtuous, are connotative. The word white denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and implies, or in the language of schoolmen, connotes, the attribute whiteness.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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