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positive connotation

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positive
adjective
uk /ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/ us /ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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connotation
noun[C]
uk /ˌkɒn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌkɑː.nəˈteɪ.ʃən/
a feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word although it need not be a part of the word's meaning, or something suggested by an object ...
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Examples of positive connotation


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In contrast to the overglorification of the early childhood years, we still have no adequate label with a positiveconnotation for the critical second decade of life.
Farjeon has appropriated the term, voiding it of its conventional denition but retaining its positiveconnotation.
Night has a positiveconnotation in this poem because the moon sits and smiles on the night, showing how night is silent and peaceful.
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In one way, the brand creates a positiveconnotation with itself, in another, the brand creates a negative connotation of life without the product.
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Boldness is not always in a rash context, but can have a great positiveconnotation to the word.
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Revolutionary propaganda is supposed to carry a positiveconnotation, something along the lines of dissemination of ideas that will help people win their freedom.
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It carries a largely positiveconnotation, being associated with courage, loyalty, honor, success, fortune, fertility, happiness, passion, and summer.
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The term originally had a positiveconnotation.
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The social atmosphere and positiveconnotation of smoking the narghile is likely to overshadow the health concerns and make it ultimately seem less harmful than smoking cigarettes.
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It carries both negative and positive connotations: unused but also free to be occupied spontaneously.
The positive connotations that an active civil society has in democratic countries have been transferred to authoritarian states or democratising countries.
Nirvana's more positiveconnotation is that of a higher state of being, the dispelling of illusion and the corresponding joy of liberation.
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It has positive connotations of respect, equality, and resistance.
Though these terms were associated with liberty in the medieval period, they lost their positive connotations once the country was unified at the end of the sixteenth century.
Words can also take on positive connotations.
After checking dictionaries in several languages, they found out that "a-ha" was an international way of expressing recognition, with positive connotations.
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Words which at one point had predominantly positive connotations and came from the minority groups themselves are often eventually used against them as slurs.
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Though many hold attitudes that are more enlightened and informed than past years, the word disability carries few positive connotations for most employers.
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