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strong connotations (especially pejorative or disparaging ones) when striving to achieve a neutral point of view. A desire for more positive connotations, or...

Blues Connotation is an album by American blues guitarist Robben Ford. The album A Song I thought I heard Buddy Sing contains material from the same sessions...

resources about Connotation Semiotics Resources in your library Georgij Yu. Somov, Semiotic systems of works of visual art: Signs, connotations, signals. Semiotica...

of Periodical Literature. "Connotations – A Journal for Critical Debate". Retrieved 2024-04-09. Official website Connotations Society for Critical Debate...

works contemporary to Connotations, it was his first purely symphonic work since his Third Symphony, written in 1947. Connotations was received negatively...

describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider...

Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but primarily affects women and girls. It has been linked...

List of age-related terms with negative connotations List of disability-related terms with negative connotations Category:Political pejoratives for people...

it had earlier acquired sexual connotations. The derived abstract noun gaiety remains largely free of sexual connotations and has, in the past, been used...

descriptions of redirect targets List of disability-related terms with negative connotations List of ethnic group names used as insults List of ethnic slurs and epithets...

with the intent to focus on pornographic content, but to use the adult connotations as a benefit to a marketing strategy. An example is the registration...

émigré (French: [emigʁe]) is a person who has emigrated, often with a connotation of political or social exile or self-exile. The word is the past participle...

The following is a list of terms used in relation to age with negative connotations. Many age-negative terms intersect with ableism, or are derogatory toward...

Reevaluation of Early Chinese Script: The Case of Yuè 戉 and Its Cultural Connotations: Speech at The First Annual Conference of Society for the Study of Early...

woman". Because of its multiple senses including both innocent and vulgar connotations, pussy is often the subject of double entendre. The ultimate etymology...

serial techniques into his Piano Quartet (1950), Piano Fantasy (1957), Connotations for orchestra (1961), and Inscape for orchestra (1967). Unlike Schoenberg...

practices sometimes considered separate from both religion and science. Connotations have varied from positive to negative at times throughout history. Within...

lovesickness. Limerence and obsessive love are similar, but obsessive love has connotations of possessive and self-defeating behavior. Limerence is also sometimes...

permits the use of "−00" with the same denotation as "+00" but a differing connotation: an unknown UTC offset. To represent a negative offset, ISO 8601 specifies...

A dysphemism is an expression with connotations that are derogatory either about the subject matter or to the audience. Dysphemisms contrast with neutral...

Gross-out is described as a movement in art (often with comical connotations), which is intended to shock the viewer(s) and disgust the wider audience...

Vayu (Sanskrit: वायु, romanised: Vāyu, lit. 'Wind/Air'; Sanskrit pronunciation: [ʋaːju]), also known as Vata (Sanskrit: वात, romanised: Vāta, lit. 'Wind/Air')...

Chinese visual arts, decorative arts, and clothing due to its auspicious connotation. Adding the character wan (卐 or 卍) to other auspicious Chinese symbols...

eva (emphatic particle, ~"indeed"), and jayate ("conquers"). Popular connotations also include: 'Truth stands Invincible' 'Truth alone conquers, not falsehood'...

The term officer is close to being a synonym, but it has more military connotations. An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election...

The original Ancient Greek word daimōn (δαίμων) did not carry negative connotations, as it denotes a spirit or divine power. The Greek conception of a daimōn...

'Liverpudlian'. Debate surrounded the lexicology of these terms and their connotations of social class. Professor John Belchem suggests that a series of other...

number 88 shirt was criticised in the press due to its supposed neo-Nazi connotations, Buffon denied any knowledge of the association, stating that 88 represented...

anarchists use "libertarian socialist" to avoid anarchism's negative connotations and emphasize its connections with socialism. Anarchism retains a historical...

sadomasochistic activities and safety rules. Further texts with sadomasochistic connotation appear worldwide during the following centuries on a regular basis. There...

has varied historically and culturally. Originally, rape had no sexual connotation and is still used in other contexts in English. In Roman law, it or raptus...

Brahmin ('Pirali' historically carried a stigmatised and pejorative connotation; an insult that ostracised Piralis from other Brahmin sub-castes) who...

of the party, said that Germany should reclaim völkisch from its Nazi connotations, while the more right-wing Björn Höcke regularly speaks of the Vaterland...

Yale situation, any symbolism in it. ... Harvard boutique to me has the connotation of liberalism and elitism" and said Harvard in his remark was intended...

The term "based" later entered the mainstream and regained a neutral connotation. According to the Spectator, the term emerged as a phrase in California...

Constitution; unlike the word "state", the word "commonwealth" had the connotation of a republic at the time. This was in contrast to the monarchy the former...

(Muslim); the term Musulmān in this situation did not signify religious connotations, because the Altishahris exclude other Muslim peoples like the Kirghiz...

Augusto Pinochet's economic reforms in Chile, it quickly acquired negative connotations and was employed principally by critics of market reform and laissez-faire...

lost etymologies. One of the oldest, cop, has largely lost its slang connotations and become a common colloquial term used both by the public and police...

much larger than human beings. Different subgenres exist, with varying connotations of realism. The concept of Super Robot and Real Robot are two such examples...

political connotations. A cognate (now obsolete) to the Russian word tovarishch, tovaryš, means "journeyman" in Czech and has no political connotations (compare...

Kurdish: میر, romanized: Mîr) is a title of Persian origin with variable connotations. It is derived from the Arabic title Emir meaning 'elite, general, prince'...

elements of the history of research, arguing that the term and its typical connotations do injustice to the diversity and breadth of early Christianity. Thus...

now discouraged by a number of neurology textbooks, reasoning that the connotation of fortuitousness carried by the word accident insufficiently highlights...

paternal given names. It is also noteworthy that names based on religious connotations sometimes don't necessarily means that the person (or their parents)...

illegal, but many organisations have stopped it because of the negative connotation. In the United States, suicide is not illegal, but may be associated...

particularly in scholarly contexts". Yet, by the 1980s, because of the racist connotations discussed below, it was increasingly seen as too derogatory and offensive...

"awesome", indicating that all is very well. When used as a question, the connotation would be "everything is going well?" or "how are you?". Costa Rica rates...

on a coffin suggests it might have an unknown afterlife mythological connotation. Further more, the use of black for male genitalia instead of assumed...

with a jug   as the determinative. All these words have a meliorative connotation: "good, beautiful, perfect".[citation needed] The Concise Dictionary...

negative connotations of a marriage that is of short duration and quickly ends in separation or divorce. The term developed the negative connotations fairly...

term was adopted by what would become the alt-right, and the negative connotations gained increased usage which would eventually overshadow its origins...

by 1881. From the outset the term anti-Semitism bore special racial connotations and meant specifically prejudice against Jews. The word Semitic was coined...

alternative that created distance from what they viewed as the negative connotations associated with Bogaert's original term. Since then, aegosexuality has...

saying that even "Can machines think?" is too loaded with spurious connotations to be meaningful. He proposed to replace all such questions with a specific...

word originally referred to a sanitary cloth, it carries strong taboo connotations in Jamaican culture. Casual or joking use by people unfamiliar with its...

The Green Man is a term with a variety of connotations in folklore and related fields. During the early modern period in England, and sometimes elsewhere...

scatological connotations, drawing on numerous precedents in caricature from the 18th and early 19th centuries. These scatological connotations are exploited...

interpretations highlight Sin as a temptress, emphasising the sexual connotations and symbolism embedded within her character. In "Childlessness, Monstrosity...

name, very universal and immediate. I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it." At about the same time, he legally...

men, "he never married"), but this generally does not carry the same connotations in reference to age and perceived desirability in marriage. Long before...

that a writer such as Voltaire would have intended it to also convey connotations of speed and daring. These come from associations with words such as...

when he was called a warlord, because of the word's negative and feudal connotations. Ma Bufang was forced to defend himself against the accusations, and...

family called The Newbies. Different spellings can have quite different connotations; so in some contexts a "newb" refers to a beginner who is willing to...

Grijelmo wrote in El País that euphemisms tend to acquire the negative connotations of the terms they replace, eventually requiring replacement by newer...

England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous or ironic connotations since it conjures an image of a seaside pleasure pier, whereas Wigan...

approximately the feminine equivalent of Randy. The word has sexual connotations in British English, typically meaning a sexually aroused or excited person...

France (1816–20), illustrating the shift from previous 18th century connotations of a frock to early 19th century definition of a (dark) frock coat. Los...

Organised by McLaren (for whom the word "festival" had too much of a hippie connotation), the event was "considered the moment that was the catalyst for the...

was instead celebrated the day before, on All Saints' Day, due to the connotations of the date. Shortly after her birth she was placed under the care of...

and Sanskrit sources in earlier centuries with a neutral connotation, but its connotations shifted over time as it became widely used in the context...

further distinguish it from cross-dressing, drag, and pathologizing connotations. In Spain, the term was used in a similar way during the Franco era,...

Αγύρτης (agúrtēs) most often meant 'charlatan' and always had a negative connotation. Pausanias writes of an unnamed Egyptian who considered Orpheus a μάγευσε...

means an insurgent, or a rebel. The name ustaša did not have fascist connotations during the early years of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as the term "ustat"...

academic usage, the term Mesopotamia often also has a chronological connotation. It is usually used to designate the area until the Muslim conquests...

Tomatoes are sometimes thrown in public protests. Embracing it for this connotation, the Dutch Socialist party adopted the tomato as their logo. The same...

such as the Four Noble Truths or Nirvana. The word "Dharma" has various connotations in the Indian religions, and can be generally translated as "law, duty...

written with one different character (大倭), but due to its offensive connotation, for about ten years after 737, this was revised to use more desirable...

difference exists. It is particularly used when a word or phrase has connotations associated with it that one party to an argument prefers to avoid. For...

or feel of the map. In many cultures, certain colors have connotations. These connotations lie under a field of study called color symbolism. For example...

violins, 3 violas, and 3 cellos (1960) Something Wild; soundtrack (1960) Connotations for orchestra (1961–62) Down a Country Lane for piano (1962) Danza de...

Gernreich in the 1960s. The word "topless" may carry sexual or exhibitionist connotations. Because of this, advocates of women's legal right to uncover their breasts...

scatolinguistics). References to the anal tract are often given a sexual connotation in the context of anal sex (in particular, in a context of male homosexuality)...

fetishism, is boot fetishism. Although shoes may appear to carry sexual connotations in mainstream culture (for example, women's shoes are commonly sold as...

and Russian influence. Such questions were affected by the positive connotations associated with the term Europe by its users. Such cultural considerations...

term urban sprawl is highly politicized and almost always has negative connotations. It is criticized for causing environmental degradation, intensifying...

the Dutch word Huisgenoten (literally "housemates"), referring to the connotations of a somewhat related word in German Eidgenosse ('Confederate' in the...

any amount of their earnings, but may not wager certain numbers with connotations that are deemed inappropriate. Contestants write their wagers using a...

an obsession with details. Micromanagement generally has a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of freedom and trust in the workplace, and an excessive...

lesser worth. Another theory suggests that the word "Genghis" bears connotations of strength, firmness, hardness, or righteousness. A third hypothesis...

and "estimation"; different authors and disciplines ascribe different connotations. Future events are necessarily uncertain, so guaranteed accurate information...

Crusades became subject to heavy criticism due to its controversial connotations in the Muslim world and historical Muslim-Christian relations. On 20...

founded the Order of the Garter, probably in 1348. The new order carried connotations from the legend by the circular shape of the garter. Edward's wartime...

first four lines I liked and I didn't realise it had any transphobic connotation." In 2023, Hamill again apologized for liking a tweet by Rowling directed...

oddly dressed person, while in many places it has lost any pejorative connotation and instead refers to any male person and the plural form can refer to...

aesthetic enjoyment of life, affection, or love, with or without sexual connotations. Gavin Flood explains kāma as "love" without violating dharma (moral...

as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethnic nationalist connotations. A homeland may also be referred to as a fatherland, a motherland, or...

Zi'ang, one of Wu's ministers. Literary allusions to Wu may carry several connotations: a woman who has inappropriately overstepped her bounds, the hypocrisy...

in pre-industrial Europe the word "myrmidon" carried many of the same connotations that "robot" does today, particularly the unquestioning nature of its...

translates to "sleep-late" and means "(person who) goes to bed late", with connotations very similar to "night owl" in English. Alain Bouchard opened his first...

league forbid him from wearing that jersey due to the number's sexual connotations; Rodman wound up wearing number 70 instead. Rodman lived in team owner...

other members of one's company or cause, but because of its military connotations, it conveys a particularly altruistic type of dedicated worker. Traditionally...

that the term Phalangarii has two possible meanings, both with military connotations. The first refers merely to the Roman battle line and does not specifically...

Despite the reputation of molly-houses as places having primarily sexual connotations, rather than as social meeting places, some historians are reluctant...

and depending on how the word is used, due to reclamation and changing connotations. In the United Kingdom, it has usually been employed against people of...

one of the meanings of a word. Every word has a variety of senses and connotations, which can be added, removed, or altered over time, often to the extent...

the other hand, the word salaryman is sometimes used with derogatory connotation due to a perception of total dependence on their employer, a lack of...

grande means large, but grandote means extra large, with grotesque connotations. Following this example, Quixote would suggest 'The Great Quijano', an...

stay woke, recorded since at least 1924. The term acquired political connotations by the 1970s and gained further popularity in the 2010s with the hashtag...

regarding a car's gas tank occurs in print with the optimism/pessimism connotations as early as 1929, and the glass-with-water version is mentioned simply...

languages of Latin roots, Nerys also appears as a surname with equivalent connotation (and regardless of gender), always associated with a person of royalty...

dualism, "shedim" was translated into Greek as 'daimonia' with implicit connotations of negativity. Later, in Judeo-Islamic culture, shedim became the Hebrew...

term "narcotic" may be imprecisely defined and typically has negative connotations. When used in a legal context in the U.S., a narcotic drug is totally...

compared to the shape of a mythological salamander. The term has negative connotations, and gerrymandering is almost always considered a corruption of the democratic...

dryness Red: heat, wildfire Purple: unnatural (contrasting with natural connotations of green, yellow, blue) Other colors may have intuitive meaning due to...

shark". The original connotation was negative, meaning "swindler" or "cheat", regardless of spelling, with the more positive connotations of "expert" or "skilled...

how large his big head looks on his small frame rather than any ego connotations, he won an Olympic gold medal with Argentina in 2004 and also played...

reposition the brand/company, occasionally to distance itself from negative connotations of the previous branding, or to move the brand upmarket; they may also...

variant of the Wojak. In the mid-2020s, the term lost its political connotation in popular use, referring more generally to a person who is a loser or...

that while he is present in places and times which may have a negative connotation (such as the asylum of Romulus in between the two groves on the Capitol...

the separation of religious institutions and the state, but rather had connotations of atheism and irreligion. Thus, Suvorova argued, Bhutto opposed the...

matters of public concern that do not contain a provably false factual connotation. Subsequent state and federal cases have addressed defamation law and...

phenomena (āyat takwīniyyah). In the Quran it is referred to with both connotations in several verses such as: تِلْكَ آيَاتُ ٱللَّٰهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ...

whom he was allotted to rule." — Homeric Hymn to Demeter 82–86 Despite connotations of death as evil, Hades was more altruistically inclined in Platonic...

misconception. Some, like Gary Martin, claim that the phrase had no negative connotations at its origins. However, Martin fails to show examples of it being used...

could be used as a light weapon. It has symbolic historical and cultural connotations and is still used as a prop in many traditional dances, for example the...

the prefix cis similarly to trans would counteract the cisnormative connotations within language. Julia Serano has defined cissexual as "people who are...

not want the team's name to continue to be associated with any violent connotations. The name change also included new logos, colors and uniforms, coinciding...

"Simplicio" in Italian), the name "Simplicio" in Italian also has the connotation of "simpleton". This portrayal of Simplicio made Dialogue Concerning...

language—though the Chinese term 方言; fāngyán; 'dialect' does not carry the precise connotations of "dialect" in English—while linguists typically analyze them as separate...

provincial structures was deliberately chosen because of its mediaeval connotations. The term is approximately equivalent to the English shire. While the...

refers to town or city inhabitants. Due to the ideological and pejorative connotations of the terms 'burgher class' and 'bourgeoisie,' modern sociology prefers...

forward. Some elements from the comics were used even if in different connotations, such as making Rhodes wear Norman Osborn's Iron Patriot armor and naming...

has adopted the term bright as a way of associating positive public connotations with those who possess a naturalistic worldview. He has given support...

either become very old-fashioned or have acquired different meanings and connotations in the original language, to the extent that a native French speaker...

develop their own forms. The term Mooi Indië continues to hold pejorative connotations. Historically, colonial society in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)...

Island had received the nickname of "Farewell Island" because of its connotations with fear and despair, and it was also known as simply "The Island"....

with non-heterosexual behavior or derivations of sexual intent. Its connotations largely changed in the 20th century as its use was more frequently associated...

libertarians use the term libertarian socialist to avoid anarchism's negative connotations and emphasize its connections with socialism. The revival of free-market...

to adopt fixed, hereditary surnames and forbade names that contained connotations of foreign cultures, nations, tribes, and religions. As a result, many...

has been used in two connotations: the first in a sense of common shared ethnic descent, i.e. panethnic or supraethnic connotation for ethnic South Slavs...

but after a January 2019 interview in which he questioned the negative connotations of the terms "white nationalist" and "white supremacy", he was widely...

loosely called quarantine) of those affected. However, this specialized connotation of the word "contagious" and "contagious disease" (easy transmissibility)...

franchise was renamed Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles due to the violent connotations of the word "ninja". In response to concerns that the series was drifting...

magic, alchemy and divination, Kabbalah acquired some popular occult connotations forbidden within Judaism, where Jewish Practical Kabbalah was a minor...

words carry connotations of slow travel on old vehicles with few amenities, most notably lacking air conditioning. Despite these connotations, most locomotive-hauled...

coinage to comprehend the entire political spectrum, though retaining the connotation of "change at the root". The Oxford English Dictionary traces usage of...

kaiser—especially as applied to Wilhelm II—thus gained considerable negative connotations in English-speaking countries. Especially in Central Europe, between...

speculator hopes for a decline in value. Speculation often has a pejorative connotation, as the activity is linked to bubbles, economic downturns, and financial...

political perspectives "right-wing" or "left-wing" can have negative connotations. Buddhist fundamentalists have targeted other religious and ethnic groups...

only a picture. Every tarot deck is different and carries a different connotation with the art, however most symbolism remains the same. The earliest,...

queen implied "homosexual transvestite", the term drag carried no such connotations. In the 1970s, drag queen was continually defined as a "homosexual transvestite"...

more commonly used in English, but the words have slightly different connotations. Environmentalism advocates the preservation, restoration and improvement...

admitted the change was an attempt to distance the chain from the unhealthy connotations of "fried". The early 1990s saw a number of successful major product...

fundamentalist but that they reject the term because of its pejorative connotations: 'By what term would "fundamentalists" prefer to be called? The term...

university soon gave way to a proliferation of different denotations and connotations. Liberal could refer to "free in bestowing" as early as 1387, "made without...

state in the region, before disbanding in 1989. Today, due to historical connotations surrounding the MCP, communism as an ideology remains a taboo political...

refers to any subordinate or local ruler, usually with unfavourable connotations of corruption. The word satrap is derived via Latin satrapes from Greek...

approach the left/right paths as different kinds of workings, without connotations of good or evil magical actions. Still others treat the paths as fundamental...

known as the Belgian First Amateur Division, but due to the negative connotation of the word amateur the league was renamed to Belgian National Division...

place, but which subsequently gained more specific – but divergent – connotations. These variant meanings included dairy farm, secondary or dependent place...

sedition, civil strife, and conflict. The term encompasses a broad range of connotations, including trial, affliction, and distress. While it holds significant...

loanwords from Latin and Latinised Greek. These words often have different connotations from their Germanic counterparts and are usually perceived as more scholarly...

"National Government" was chosen to dissociate itself from negative connotations of the postwar Lloyd George Coalition. The Wall Street crash of 1929...

tam-iḻ, with tam meaning "self" or "one's self", and "-iḻ" having the connotation of "unfolding sound". Alternatively, he suggests a derivation of tamiḻ...

them at risk for contracting HIV or an STI. Because of the negative connotations that come with identifying as homosexual, the definition of homosexuality...

according to Common Era numbering, has a certain set of specific cultural connotations in certain countries. For this reason, it may be possible to say such...

1990, as the term was often used in the film. Slay started to gain a connotation of a term of agreement and for something to be impressive. With its prominence...

nationalists and classical fascists, who attempted to revive the term with the connotation of Italy (and the Italian Empire shortly thereafter) being Rome's successor...

In the United States, the Shocker is a hand gesture with a sexual connotation. The index, middle, and little fingers are extended, while the ring finger...

and civil people also use salutes. Such a salute in terms of maritime connotations, usually involves the entering into, or retirement from, service, of...

Beginning in the 1970s, the term banlieue has taken on a particular connotation, becoming a popular word for economically-deprived suburbs featuring...

in the trees more for their formal qualities than for their symbolic connotation. Schapiro refers to the cypress in the painting as a "vague symbol of...

'anarchism', largely as an attempt to distance themselves from the negative connotations of 'anarchy' and its derivatives. The situation has been vastly complicated...

non-offensive depending on how the word is used, due to reclamation and changing connotations. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 the soundtrack was nominated for Best...

past conditions. To some writers, the term reactionary carries negative connotations—Peter King observed that it is "an unsought-for label, used as a torment...

mid-1950s and the mid-1960s". The name "Generation Jones" has several connotations, including a large anonymous generation, a "keeping up with the Joneses"...

power of stereotypes. Stereotypes can have both negative and positive connotations. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, youth were accused of responsibility...

“Hurray! The heifers”. The word aililiú means “hallelujah”, with a similar connotation of praise or joy, and gamhna are heifers - young cows that are not yet...

range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic connotations. Its eastern boundary is marked by the Ural Mountains, and its western...

appears in connection with cuckoldry fetishism. The term carries racist connotations, to embody the fetishization of black men, and to perpetuate harmful...

of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems and is the opposite of a comprehensive school, which...

who speaks of "panfletos exiguos" {'little pamphlets'}. Its modern connotations of a tract concerning a contemporary issue was a product of the heated...

Christi) is a term used in different ways and with different theological connotations throughout history. The original notion of a vicar is as an "earthly...

to move or dance, and enjoyably "groove" (a word that also has sexual connotations). The expression "in the groove" (as in the jazz standard) was widely...

the soil and was renamed Bay Ridge in December 1853 to avoid negative connotations with yellow fever at the time; the name Bay Ridge was chosen based on...

remained in common use until the 12th century but with more derogatory connotations. Information on the Hwarang is mainly found in the historiographical...

the word "Machiavellian". It even contributed to the modern negative connotations of the words "politics" and "politician" in Western countries. In subject...

that is considered inferior to the good it replaces. It has particular connotations of wartime usage. Ersatz (German: [ɛʁˈzats] ) is a German word meaning...

most broadly means reason, logic, order, or understanding. Among its connotations is that of a rational form of discourse that relies on inductive and...

rather than the act itself, and may not necessarily carry the negative connotations expressed in dictionary definitions. Famous seducers from history or...

gamelan angklung, the traditional ensemble for cremation ceremonies. The connotation also depends on the pathet (roughly, the mode) used. There are three...

Chinese slang term referring to foreigners, with a history of xenophobic connotations. Starting with the arrival of European sailors in the sixteenth century...

rate of unemployment (NAIRU), which is seen as having fewer normative connotations. "APS Member History". Ebenstein, Lanny (2007). Milton Friedman: A Biography...

intended, like "jittering bugs", although it quickly lost its negative connotation as the more-erratic version caught on. Both the Lindy Hop and the "jitterbug"...

celebration of Mexican Independence Day. The el grito mexicano has patriotic connotations. It is commonly done immediately prior to the popular Mexican war cry:...

fraught with connotations. He once wrote: "No English word has clean edges." All expressions, he thought, carried so many connotations as to be little...

"Aboriginal") is often disfavoured, as it is regarded as having colonialist connotations. While the term "Indigenous Australians" has grown in popularity since...

Ruthenian meshchane "town people". The term meshchane acquired pejorative connotations in 18th-century Russia and today means "petty bourgeois" or "narrow-minded...

men a greater sense of superiority over women, which gave women the connotation of being a prize. That idea often lead to violence against women, which...

baitylos came to take on connotations that combined its connotations of divinity from the Semitic tradition with the connotations of its function as an object...

the Oxford English Dictionary), is a uniformed manservant. The modern connotation of "servile follower" appeared later, in 1588 (OED). There are several...

mother of a child actor. The term stage mother sometimes has a negative connotation, suggesting that the individual is prone to obnoxiously demanding special...

roughly the same thing, i.e. a person who enjoys food for pleasure; the connotation of "foodie" differs slightly—an everyday person with a love for food...

Connor 2021, p. 145. Tecca, Jeremiah (July 2020). Superhero Influences: Connotations and Cultural Codes in Comic Book Culture (Thesis). East Carolina University...

of one's lips against another person, animal, or object. The cultural connotations associated with kissing vary significantly between different societies...

which originally meant 'young woman', but which took on strong negative connotations in the late 20th century. Timber Nigger (US) used by white Americans...

contrasting phenomenon to the Blue Banana. The term, which holds a negative connotation, has been falling out of fashion, and media use of the term has declined...

with a high-income elite readership, drawing both positive and negative connotations. In line with this, it claims to have an influential readership of prominent...

peaceful/peace (śānta/śānti) Saṃsāra means "wandering" or "world", with the connotation of cyclic, circuitous change. It refers to the theory of rebirth and...

term honors music for such announcements does not have the specific connotations of instrument or style that fanfare does). Historically, fanfares were...

context of Iran. In the Anglosphere, the name has generally negative connotations, due to the Nazi racial theories about the superiority of the so-called...

is a core philosophy in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. While modern connotations are recent, having been explicated since the 19th century, ancient references...

is paradise, paradise cannot be what you think it is. Paradise has a connotation of being extremely sinister and ominous." Prometheus co-writer Damon...

materials, explaining: "Identity-first language challenges negative connotations by claiming disability directly. Identity-first language references the...

having non-pejorative meanings by modern dictionaries. Its derogatory connotations evolved from its use in pejorative contexts regarding Chinese people...

variations of the original Japanese title, which means "grass pillow" and has connotations of travel. The novel tells of an artist who retreats to the mountains...

travel between the spiritual and physical world at will. A negative connotation is associated with the word, as it implies that a family's child may...

sexually dimorphic in their appearance. The dish is named after this same connotation of a compatible "pair" of two dissimilar items: the béchamel and tomato...

being played by David Alan Grier. With the producers fearing the racial connotations of a black actor in such a part, Azaria inherited the full role. He appeared...

and it means "to go towards, go back, come back, to approach" with the connotation of "observe, learn, convince oneself of the truth of anything, be certain...

"audacity". Thus, the original Yiddish word has a strongly negative connotation, but the form which entered English as a Yiddishism in American English...

and isolating people perceived as lepers, a disease with strong moral connotations. Neighborhoods were also active in safeguarding local people's health...

filming Star Wars. It was dropped due to what Lucas called "unpleasant connotations" with Charles Manson, who became a "star killer" in 1969 when he murdered...

person commonly without their consent. The term generally has a negative connotation in many societies. Touching a consenting person's body during sexual...

confusing him with someone like Charles Manson. It had very unpleasant connotations." — Starkiller could be misconstrued as "celebrity killer" in a time...

and in other dialects of English, the term may have entirely different connotations, however; for example, in South Africa, "Coloureds" refers to multiple...

Tibeto-Burman) by Konnerth (2018) because the term "Kuki-Chin" carries negative connotations for many speakers of languages in this group. Kuki-Chin is sometimes...

Originally titled Minimum Speed, Yost renamed it Speed to avoid negative connotations associated with "minimum". Yost's initial draft had the entire film set...

that he was not cast for the leading role, and that decision had racial connotations. The "steal" theory has become widespread, both in academia and in the...

(野宿労働者, "laborer who sleeps outside") have been used to avoid negative connotations associated with the word "homeless". There are approximately 4.5 million...

are outside their group. The use of this term usually carries negative connotations of political purpose, conspiracy and secrecy. It can also refer to a...

symbolic of the party's revolutionary history carrying strong emotional connotations of the political power which it shed blood to obtain. The flag of the...

often referred to as a "debunker", Randi said he disliked the term's connotations and preferred to describe himself as an "investigator". He wrote about...

Howard, Ty Taylor, Diimond, Amber Sauer, Elle Skyes Due to the negative connotations surrounding the word "spaz" in countries like the United Kingdom, Ireland...

name drew controversy and speculation as a result of alleged racial connotations—according to various sources, the name "Maddy" was commonly used as a...

has survived intact regardless, or because, of the possible homosexual connotations in modern decades. On 4 August 2015, Streets released Golden Gaytime...

Islamism is anything other than Islam renewed and revived. Because of its connotations in Western mainstream media, critics say the term may lead to Islamophobia...

more ambiguous connotations to Southern European immigrants and the working class, it is now used with a strong derogatory connotation against people...

breasts, a penis and a vulva, and has gained a negative connotation for the sexual connotations hermie – an androgynous or intersex person, though the...

associated originally as the Horns of Ammon. Alexander's horns came with connotations of political and/or religious legitimacy, including indications of his...

because they encompass various East Slavic groups and bear broader ethnic connotations as a result of varied historical usage. Several endonyms such as Rus'...

many different problems, especially in medicine. The word has acquired connotations of snake oil and quackery. A panacea (or panaceum) is also a literary...

diagrammatic form, see Christoph Mauntel, "The T-O Diagram and its Religious Connotations – a Circumstantial Case", in Geography and Religious Knowledge in the...

any type of peddler or vendor, but over time it has assumed pejorative connotations. The original meaning of huckster is a person who sells small articles...

works of these artists, but is now used without its earlier pejorative connotation. The movement Seurat began with this technique is known as Neo-impressionism...

According to military historian Paul A. Kramer, the term originally had "connotations of bewilderment and confusion", due to the guerrilla warfare in which...

euphoria, imagery being associated with deep emotional content and connotation, feeling overwhelmed, anxiety and fear, feeling like one can't breathe...

religiosity, such as Kashmir Shaivism and the Nath tradition. The first connotation has also been called "Classical Advaita" and "doctrinal Advaita", and...

Pastel Pastel sticks in a variety of colors Common connotations Soothing...

by extension, it can also mean "system", "doctrine", or "work". The connotation of the word tantra to mean an esoteric practice or religious ritualism...

Saxons, has also meant a "piece of enclosed land" without any watery connotations, a "pasture", or simply a home or hamlet. The person "Wryhtel" has not...

of the journal is that "black" and "white" have negative and positive connotations respectively. It states that since "blacklisting" was first referred...

Chinese character from which this is derived carries a rural or provincial connotation, and an analogous character is used to refer to the counties of China...

one of the Sea Peoples. It is suggested that the name had a religious connotation from its use also as the adjective for the ancient Sardinian mythological...

anarchists use the term libertarian socialist to avoid anarchism's negative connotations and emphasize its connections with socialism. The revival of free-market...

second-person pronoun in German. It does not carry the poetic, formal connotation of the archaic English word Thou. Other translations of the title, for...

will. In the early Islamic period, the Kharijites gave it political connotations by declaring that they accept only the hukm of God (حُكْمُ اللّهِ). The...

The blue collar/white collar colour scheme has socio-economic class connotations. However, this distinction has become blurred with the increasing importance...

culture and is used for both males and females. Okiki carries a cultural connotation tied to the gods of wealth and prosperity, reflecting a wish for the...

in Rome. Prior to the 20th century, the term Mannerism had negative connotations, but it is now used to describe the historical period in more general...

1 million residents may be viewed as a "town," with all the negative connotations that this would bring from the perspective of the discriminator. Similarly...

adornments of the temporal worldly life are kept in perspective. The connotations of poverty associated with the term relate to their spiritual neediness...

esters are also under study. Sunscreens with natural and sustainable connotations are increasingly being developed, as a result of increased environmental...

imperialism. In philosophy and in sociology, the denotations and the connotations of term cultural hegemony derive from the Ancient Greek word hegemonia...

failure", both because it was more accurate and to avoid the negative connotations around the word "explosion". No Apollo astronaut flew without life insurance...

works are sometimes even said to have contributed to the modern negative connotations of the words politics and politician, and it is sometimes thought that...

executed details." The term is often considered derogatory, with negative connotations in terms of the quality, competence, and attitude of a person thus described...

References to a tobacco control movement may have either positive or negative connotations, depending upon the commentator. Tobacco control aims to reduce the prevalence...

awakening of the Buddha. The term bodhi acquired a variety of meanings and connotations during the development of Buddhist thoughts in the various schools. In...

the media. He later told the public he was unaware of the gesture's connotations, stating that he just wanted to dedicate the goal to a colleague in the...

without specific selection. The word has strong cultural and spiritual connotations of "a state of harmony or balance", and is the aim of the Hoʻoponopono...

proposals; in such cases, it is generally used without any religious connotations. The Ecclesiastical Latin text, here alongside an approximate translation...

change was at his publisher's suggestion, hoping to avoid the sexual connotation of the phrase "jacking off". Molly appears in the Sprawl trilogy's third...

by a naga head, behind it. Sources disagree about the expression and connotations of the "dwarf" below Shiva. To Rao he is "jolly and happy, as is evidenced...

symbolises equality and has no political, religious, or geographical connotations, thus allowing any country not comfortable with the symbolism of the...

converted African slaves and Native Americans with surnames of religious connotations. These have been passed down to their descendants. A 2015 autosomal DNA...

term is considered pejorative by Tibetans, as it carries the negative connotation that the Tibetan tradition is something distinct from the mainstream...

In the eighteenth century, gourmet and gourmand carried disreputable connotations of gluttony, which only gourmand has retained. Gourmet was rendered respectable...

Madhyamaka scholar Jizang (549–623 CE) sought to remove all ontological connotations of the term as a metaphysical reality and saw buddha-nature as being...

can be understood to mean any music "with ornate figuration", and then connotations of coloratura broaden further still to include the operatic roles in...

is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something. It...

May 1918." As saloons died out, public drinking lost much of its macho connotation, resulting in increased social acceptance of women drinking in the semi-public...

play, ḥbr/ḫbr. The root has magical overtones, and develops pejorative connotations in late Biblical usage. Talmon-Heller, Daniella (2007). "Graves, Relics...

Russian Federation for creating these costs in the first place. The connotations of military–industrial complex are different in English and in Russian...

hardcore punk scene and have strong underground following. Despite the Nazi connotations of the name Blitzkrieg, German for "Lightning-War", they took a fiercely...

from that of the modern English apathy, which has a distinctly negative connotation that includes feelings of inertness, indifference, and impassiveness...

Political and Social Criticism (1869), pp. 28–29. The denotations and connotations of the terms philistinism and philistine describe people who are hostile...

was called an invisible in Paris—and prevent wind-chapping, with its connotations of countrified "rude" health. Straw was available again after 1815: the...

Due to 'Racial Connotations'". Blabbermouth. June 26, 2020. "Slaves Have Changed Their Name To Rain City Due To 'Racial Connotations'". Theprp.com. October...

meaning "foreigners, aliens, inorodtsy". and the term had a negative connotation, akin to similar terms in other cultures, such as "gaijin". Anti-Soviet...

enslaved Black women. The use of the term in this sense carries racist connotations because, in addition to differentiating the Black population based on...

the term Tausendjähriges Reich ("Thousand-Year Reich"), the millennial connotations of which suggested that Nazi Germany would last a thousand years. The...

give their children sex-specific names. Names may have different gender connotations from country to country or language to language. Within anthroponymic...

Black Power movement abroad—black became detached from its negative connotations, and was reclaimed as a marker of pride: Black is beautiful. The Race...

popular culture, but it is avoided by most naturists today due to negative connotations. Naturist resorts and communities exist on a spectrum without sharp distinctions...

equivalent to the Anglophone category white, which carries distinct connotations — notably an association with Northern European ancestry — absent from...

thing being named (by having a dual meaning or by borrowing the positive connotations of an existing word). Some examples of contrived acronyms are USA PATRIOT...

 'cutting the breasts'). Cleavage (breasts) Your Handbag Strap Has a Sexual Connotation (In Japan), Splinter, Gizmodo Media Group, October 28, 2013 パイスラ (in...

of the Shaivite school and the Advaita Vedanta, though with differing connotations. The Shaivites rely on Maheshvaraya (Sovereignty of Will) of Shiva, the...

or genres. In some contexts, the term "crossover" can have negative connotations associated with cultural appropriation, implying the dilution of a music's...

Dracula. Danny talked about his fascination with this and the occult connotations. So, we carried on that conversation and made it into a song." — Peter...

Poland and Coat of arms of the Czech Republic) & not due to Pan-Slavic connotations. In 2004 Georgia adopted a new white flag, which consists of four small...

word asper originally meant "rough", but had gradually acquired the connotation of "fresh" or "freshly minted", i.e. not worn smooth by use, and, especially...

connotations they are not used in formal writing or by the media or are used in social media and various alternative sources with varied connotations...

celebrates the richness of God's creation; some elements also have specific connotations. The kantharos vase and vine refer to the eucharist, the symbol of the...

and lovers addressing each other. Each term of endearment has its own connotations, which are highly dependent on the situation they are used in, such as...

palal פלל, to intervene, petition, judge. Thus, "to pray" conveys the connotation of "judging oneself": ultimately, the purpose of prayer—tefilah תפלה—is...

Social Democratic Party (SDPJ) and Communist Party (JCP), who cited the connotations both symbols had with the war era. The CPJ was further opposed for not...

noting that the Nahua associate the day sign Malinalli with bad or "evil" connotations, and they are known to avoid using such day signs as personal names....

disapproval of antisocial or self-destructive behaviors, usually bearing a connotation of contempt and derision. This usage of the word dates to 1911. The long-term...

Lennie Peters and Melody, their name was changed by management to avoid connotations of being a reggae act, and Peters and Lee toured the Northern club circuit...

"Rottmeister hammers" or "packmaster hammers." In landsknecht armies, a similar connotation existed, where hammers evolved into status symbols among the lower nobility...

a tradition of numbering the days of the week as to avoid the pagan connotation of the planetary or deities' names, and to keep with the biblical name...

first attested in 1961. The term "soul" in African-American parlance has connotations of African-American pride and culture. Gospel groups in the 1940s and...

disloyalty to roots.[citation needed] Another synonym, with negative connotations, is arriviste. Established royal families of Europe regarded the Bonaparte...

by art patron Edward James. Lobsters and telephones had strong sexual connotations for Dalí who drew a close analogy between food and sex. The telephone...

intellectual; as an adjective, it also means elite, and generally carries a connotation of high culture. The term, first recorded in 1875, draws its metonymy...

"progressive" was partly related to progressive politics, but those connotations were lost during the 1970s. On "progressive music", Holm-Hudson writes...

the album, as Holland found that his concert tour posters "had all the connotations we associated with Americana: very glossy, innocent and 1950s, but with...

sensory enhancement and 2) the term "sensory deprivation" carries negative connotations of torture and hallucinations that have likely impeded legitimate research...

disrespected their school, while some parents said a dragon had overly negative connotations. Lizzy Rager, "Controversy Sparked Over New Emerald High Mascot", The...

during the Japanese colonial period, when it was employed with derogatory connotations, the term has since become popular with the Korean population and with...

As such, the term could also refer to any robber and carry a negative connotation. The etymology of the word hajduk is unclear. One theory is that hajduk...

months into filming. It was dropped due to what Lucas called "unpleasant connotations" with Charles Manson, who became a "star killer" in 1969 when he murdered...

(Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde Impériale): Known as the Favoured Children (connotations of Spoiled Brats), the Chasseurs à Cheval of the Guard were the light...

crypts, caves, and slaughterhouses. Williams downplays the sinister connotations of these locations and says they were picked for "acoustics". The influence...

sexual activity, which some people enjoy. For some people, gags have connotations of punishment and control, and thus can be used as a form of humiliation...

historians, who have accused them of promoting a kingship (mulk, a term with connotations of tyranny) instead of a true caliphate (khilafa). In this respect it...

critical assessment. The song lyrics and titles include several sexual connotations. Robinson worked on the music on this album for five or six years prior...

like the People's Journal and Tempo. Like their common journalistic connotations, Philippine tabloids usually report sensationalist crime stories and...

adopted the term meshichyim (משיחיים, "messianics") to counter negative connotations of the word notsrim (נוצרים, "Christians"). The term was used to designate...

contexts, can denote intimacy or even a romantic relationship. Due to these connotations of intimacy, the subcontinental etiquette surrounding jān is more complex...

city of Sapporo, which was considered to have positive international connotations after having hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics), the Dodge (Colt) Challenger...

which white nationalists allegedly avoid using because of its negative connotations, and that most white nationalist groups promote racial violence. According...

background or is of a well-to-do family environment, often with the connotation that the person does not fully realize or appreciate the value of their...

1955. In contemporary political discourse on North Korea, Juche has a connotation of 'self-reliance', 'autonomy', and 'independence'. It is often defined...

was absorbed into regular indie discourse, where it mostly lost its connotations as an indie rock subcategory evoking "the slacker generation", "looseness"...

Love Supreme, many of the titles of his albums and songs had spiritual connotations: Ascension, Meditations, Om, Selflessness, "Amen", "Ascent", "Attaining"...

especially in Fars. At that time, the term "Kurd" did not have ethnic connotations and generally referred to nomadic people, and later scholars claimed...

ill fits the social reality of Kurdistan". There are further negative connotations of the term "tribe" that have reduced its use. Writing in 2013, scholar...

chapter from Theresa Wenzel's 2007 masters' dissertation Clothing and Its Connotations in Postmodern American Fiction Cayce Pollard as drawn by Jamie McKelvie...

largely lose its cultural meaning and take on a derogatory religious connotation by the latter half of the 4th century. The final generation of classical...

terms, for political or legal reasons, or to avoid potential negative connotations that may be associated with beer in a region.[citation needed] Additionally...

rabz-kebabz – (From Malay) An out-of-control situation, usually with negative connotations. "Everyone was so drunk, damn rabz-kebabz." sabo – (From English sabotage)...

cases merely trivial and non-notable in nature, although notable racial connotations are often associated with earlier examples of lawn jockeys versus more...

out in consultation with canon lawyers of Opus Dei and had no negative connotation for he has very positive sentiments for Opus Dei. On 8 August 2023, Pope...

citations. Before that, the expression "negative visualization" had negative connotations of being the opposite of rhetorical or self-help creative visualization...

modern Labour Party. The term soft left has been said to carry negative connotations which can suggest a less enthusiastic approach to socialism. It has been...

both because it might have similar cultural, religious, or political connotations, and because in various historical cases, books and artworks were destroyed...

The Hollywood Reporter, the term miniseries has grown to have negative connotations within the industry, having become associated with melodrama-heavy works...

Europe. The term has acquired diverse cultural, political and historical connotations. The Prussian vision of Mitteleuropa was a pan-Germanist state-centric...

from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has given the name a negative connotation. Ebenezer Adam (1919–2011), Ghanaian teacher and politician Ebenezer...

influenced by Carl Jung, Greek and Gnostic concepts of Syzygy with their connotations of androgyny, the conjunction of male and female, and union of celestial...

especially those from North America, have embraced the term and its connotations. According to NPR, twee pop "was fervently informed by punk: snappy riffs...

basis of the term "anepsios" used in Colossians 4, which carries the connotation of "cousin". Orthodox tradition holds that Aristobulus of Britannia,...

that at once fascinated and repelled English commentators. The negative connotations that the English had long attached to the color black were to deeply...

"solicitor" is also used to describe a traveling salesman (with a pejorative connotation roughly equivalent to the British English word tout) as in the signed...

that the words 'Panther' and 'comrade' had taken a gender-on-gender connotation, denoting an inferiority in the female half of us." Brown resigned from...

Santo or diminutive Santino. Both names are diminutive forms with the connotation of "little saint." Santina Campana (1929–1950), Italian woman declared...

18th-century style. Archaic words or expressions may have distinctive emotional connotations—some can be humorous (forsooth), some highly formal (What say you?),...

the Arabic Houthi-affiliated TV and radio stations they use religious connotations associated with jihad against Israel and the US. Despite the religious...

explains the surprising use of the word 'Reich' (with its Imperial and Nazi connotations) in the name of an official organisation of the communist GDR. After...

negative connotations in English, often takes English speakers by surprise. However, most Filipinos usually do not notice these negative connotations unless...

written by humanist scholar Thomas Lupset. It began to assume non-familial connotations in the 20th century. In this evolution, it was first used to refer to...

or hatruka. The term "drug" has become a skunked term with negative connotation, being used as a synonym for illegal substances like cocaine or heroin...

an Oracle Database system, the term "schema" has a slightly different connotation. The requirements listed below influence the detailed structure of schemas...

Press) 1963; in discussions of American Greek Revival, the republic connotations of the Greek orders present an inescapable commonplace: "The Greek Revival...

Shark Week programs produced, 43% had titles using words with negative connotations in context (such as "attack", "fear", "deadly"). The relative proportion...

Hallasan. Until the late 20th century, the term often had a negative connotation, and was even used as or in slurs. The inland regions of Jeju were difficult...

in Spain, the word dueña (from the Latin domina) has no particular connotations of chaperonage, and merely denotes a female proprietor, supervisor of...

and Metaphysics, for the very good reason that 'notion' carries the connotation of being a subjective representation. Its meaning is also much too vague...

interests of the opposite gender), but carries more strongly negative connotations. Research published in 2015 suggests that the terms are asymmetrical...

films ... caizi (才子) and jiaren (佳人), which, far from conveying the full connotations of the original words, have been translated as "scholar" and "beauty...

regarded as having largely the same meaning but perhaps less disparaging connotations include parascience, cryptoscience, and anomalistics. Blum (1978), p...

binding, although apart from what he considers to be surrounding cultural connotations specific to this nation itself. Some in modern Reformed churches criticize...

related to the word عبادة ʿibādah, "worshiping". The word has the positive connotation in the Islamic faith. Essentially there is no Abdul without the second...

affectionately refer to a child of any race. The term acquired a pejorative connotation by the nineteenth century as a term for black children in the United...

not used at Jewish weddings. UK law forbids music with any religious connotations to be used in a civil ceremony. Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D is an alternative...

1949 as Squaw Valley, it changed its name in 2021 due to the derogatory connotations of the word "squaw". It was the host site for the 1960 Winter Olympics...

since 1873 and 1894, respectively.[failed verification] This established connotation was first extended to the sense of a blue-chip stock in 1892. According...

culture that celebrated the sun chariot, it may thus have had a "solar" connotation (compare the Trundholm sun chariot). Ornamental pins, found in Switzerland...

"the chronology of the senses would argue against this, and no such connotation is evident in the earliest quotations" and says that the origin of the...

country", "rural", comparable to English "folk", with a lower-class connotation. It can be used in the pejorative meaning "hick/backwards".[citation...

argot or jargon unrelated to Latin, and the name is used for its English connotations as a strange and foreign-sounding language. It is most often used by...

The fruit name as such never had any offensive connotations, but due to the present negative connotations of "Kaffir" The Oxford Companion to Food recommends...

Buddhism or Daoism. In this context, the term may have no religious connotations (or it may retain it, depending on the artist's own context), and is...

alongside blackface and pickaninny caricatures. Due to these racial connotations, politicians have faced pushback for using the term. Cautionary tale...

The use of the term fatigue in medical contexts may carry inaccurate connotations from the more general usage of the same word. More accurate terminology...

stand", or remain or be permanent, thus providing the sacred or magical connotation of the political entity. The English noun state in the generic sense...

which contains similar seals and incantations with more or less Biblical connotations. These are followed by a long section reputing to explain the powers...

Biblically refers to Satan's refusal to serve God. It also has some different connotations in secular literary works. After 12 years of discontinued print, the...

the United States). Although the term taboo usually implies negative connotations, it is sometimes associated with enticing propositions in proverbs such...

BookVoice (or voice of the book). The word was also coined because of other connotations: liber also means child and free, independent, unrestricted. As the LibriVox...

detail, and not at all to a lawless chaos. The word "jungle" carries connotations of untamed and uncontrollable nature and isolation from civilisation...

their first year. The term, "first year" is the more commonly used and connotation-free term for students in their first year. The week at the start of...

proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, the republican and Jacobin connotations of "Fratelli d'Italia" were difficult to reconcile with the new state's...

numerically designated as TIA-2000. Later, due to possible negative connotations of the word "only", the "DO"-part of the standard's name 1xEV-DO was...

position. However, the term has evolved over time to have different connotations. Originally, the emphasis was on democracy, liberty, and equality, but...

and activists, and can be used purely descriptively or carry political connotations. There are a range of ways to define Indigenous identity, including political...

commentators assert that the traditional use of the word "expat" has racist connotations. A 2026 newspaper survey in Brussels, where 85% of the population are...

pleasure, though the word itself does not necessarily imply a negative connotation. ascriptivism The view that human beings are to be held responsible for...

used to describe a wide array of phenomena, sometimes in a pejorative connotation. Gentrification is a common and controversial topic in urban politics...

being a "transition ...into something that had more of an Orwellian connotation". It is this new image with the text "OBEY" which has become a worldwide...

crucifixion scene was pure marketing: to tease the audience with religious connotations. He suggested, however, that Conan's story can be viewed as an analogy...

Public Radio, musician Eubie Blake offered his recollections of the slang connotations of the term, saying: "When Broadway picked it up, they called it 'J-A-Z-Z'...

not refer to a religion. The earliest known records of 'Hindu' with connotations of religion may be in the 7th-century CE Chinese text Records on the...

specifically concerned with fashion. The pejorative term today carries the connotation of a person, usually male, who is overly concerned with trivial matters...

chromosome 22q11.2 microdeletions". This name was abandoned due to the no-win connotations. In 1993 Alfonso Martinez Arias, a researcher at the University of Cambridge...

Blue Thumb and the stamps on the cover of Strictly Personal have LSD connotations, as does the track "Ah Feel Like Ahcid". Critically acclaimed as Van...

been criticized as a name for various reasons, including the negative connotations some confronted with the word pathological might have. For example, autistic...

put, it's a riff on the term blackface. It carries the same pejorative connotations but applies to straight actors taking on gay roles. Blackface has long...

sclerotized, and usually hidden behind a small opening. Despite the connotation of the suffix -pod (generally referring to legs or feet), cyphopods are...

events happening outside the range of normal perception. The English connotations of seeing through time are not always present in concepts of clairvoyance...

English, the term cult is generally a pejorative carrying derogatory connotations. The term is variously applied to abusive or coercive groups of many...

devil. In modern usage, the expression has lost some of its negative connotations, though the term is usually given to the member of a group who has certain...

unambiguously by speakers on both sides. The same word carry different connotations or usage patterns in Guoyu and Putonghua, and may be polysemous in one...

In the context of vexillology, the word "deface" carries no negative connotations, in contrast to general usage. It simply indicates a differentiation...

gradually been taken up by the Hungarians themselves because of its negative connotations. The Anonymous Gesta Hungarorum (after 1200) is the first Hungarian source...

the term "Moors" had "no real ethnological value". The word has racial connotations and it has fallen out of fashion among scholars since the mid-20th century...

the linguistic consequence of the slave trade and avoided the negative connotations of other terms like "nonstandard Negro English": We need to define what...

which instead is aimed at southern Italians. Both words have anti-ethnic connotations aimed at pointing out an alleged ethnic and cultural inferiority, even...

and is thus somewhat more general than Reich, which in 1804 carried connotations of universal rule. Austria proper (as opposed to the complex of Habsburg...

blindly invested in gold, the term "dama" transformed into having negative connotations. Damas were portrayed as having little consideration for their fellow...

and generativity compared to Greco-Roman culture, replaced this sexual connotation with a reference to martyrdom. In 1836, Adolphe Quetelet wrote: J'ai...

in Japanese digital communication. Feces had first taken on humorous connotations in broader Japanese popular culture in the early 1980s, after an anthropomorphized...

Retrieved 20 March 2018. Confusingly, the term 'Kashmiri' also has wider connotations and uses. Some people in Azad Kashmir call themselves 'Kashmiris' This...

someone who strongly believes in an ideology. The term carries negative connotations, often referring to someone who is blindly partisan, zealous, or fanatical...

of public or sacred property. In some contexts, the term had a sexual connotation. Shame was frequently reflected upon the perpetrator, as well. Crucial...

destitute people are cared for, and does not necessarily have a palliative connotation. The goal of hospice care is to prioritize comfort, quality of life and...

by a journalist during the early 1990s, originally had a pejorative connotation that characterised both the destitute nature of the building and the...

understood as a "tragedy at play". It relied extensively on the multifarious connotations which surrounded the concepts of "playfulness (paidia), education (paideia)...

underdeveloped planets make extensive use of it. Despite its supernatural connotations, symbology is treated as a legitimate field of scientific study in-universe...

"Teasing" and "Flat Pack", which was described as a term with "racial connotations and a problematic history for Indigenous Australians" through a viewer...

often associated with the slang term "basic", which has many similar connotations. In 2019, dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster wrote that "Becky" was...

by archaeologists and historians to avoid the religious and political connotations of other names for this area. Like much of Southwestern Asia, the Southern...

Selbstmord ('self-murder'), which carried more judgmental and condemnatory connotations than its English language equivalent, making the subject of suicide a...

transnational mobility. While corporate diaspora seems to avoid or contradict connotations of violence, coercion, and unnatural uprooting historically associated...

security vehicles are often cumbersome and can have negative political connotations for being perceived as an invading or occupying force.[citation needed]...

were then buried in the house. This custom apparently had religious connotations, and mentions of it are made in the Ugaritic Baal Epic and Tale of Aqhat...

accepted until the Enlightenment era, when the term took on negative connotations and was barely salvaged by Hegel's commentary. The first recorded English...

circumstances of German and especially Prussian history, "Junker" assumed connotations of militarism absent from the Dutch equivalent. Ranking this with the...

warrior spirit. That trend continues to the modern day. Due to the heroic connotations of the term "warrior", this metaphor is especially popular in publications...

Buddhist studies, the term does not necessarily carry the pejorative connotations that it may have in other contexts (and these works are certainly not...

requested that the new area code be 639 instead, to avoid the negative connotations of 4 in Asian cultures. 639 was subsequently approved as the new area...

interpreted as the Uchchhishta of the deity, although due to its negative connotation the word Uchchhishta is never explicitly used in connection to prasad...

(Herzfeld, pp. 169-71, 178-79, 186). From that moment the name acquired the connotation of an ethnic region, the land of the Persians, and the Persians soon...

of single head or forehead yoke are recorded in Germany. The yoke has connotations of subservience and toiling; in some ancient cultures it was traditional...

challenged. In this sense, the term "orthodox" can have a mildly pejorative connotation. Among various "orthodoxies" in distinctive fields, the most commonly...

seal often showed the lady with a fleur-de-lis, drawing on the Marian connotations of "female virtue and spirituality". Images of Mary holding the flower...

odd-headed configuration carries specific mythological and religious connotations: 3-headed nāga: Found prominently in both Hindu and Buddhist temple carvings...

barracks of modern all-volunteer militaries, the word can have a variety of connotations. Boarding schools generally have dormitories (in the sense of a shared...

humour and comic are often used when theorising about the subject. The connotations of humour as opposed to comic are said to be that of response versus...

used among various communities in the Himalayan regions and carries connotations of nobility and leadership.[citation needed] In Uttarakhand, Rajasthan...

Latin: [ˈwɪrtuːs̠]) was a specific virtue in ancient Rome that carried connotations of valor, masculinity, excellence, courage, character, and worth, all...

and "network". The term is usually used with a negative or malicious connotation. A botnet is a logical collection of Internet-connected devices, such...

attitude has now changed and the flag, no longer having any political connotations, may appear everywhere, even on public buildings, along with the other...

thesis that Peronism is a variant of fascism, with all the negative connotations that such a categorization implies. The former two do not present such...

the Kingdom of Italy's 1861 proclamation, the republican and Jacobin connotations of "Il Canto degli Italiani" were difficult to reconcile with the new...

Camden Underworld. In the 2000s, the term "shoegaze" lost its negative connotations after the genre was reassessed amid a revival driven by new listeners...

a designation that is alien to the ancient world and carries Masonic connotations." In the religio-philosophical Hermetica, the ultimate reality is called...

although the kufi typically has more of an African connotation while the taqiyah has a more universal connotation. Aside from being an adornment, the taqiyah...

issues in the Islamic community. The term "Hujjat al-Islam" has different connotation to Sunnis and Shias.[citation needed] The title Hujjat al-Islam has a...

collectively be referred to as billiards, though this term has more specific connotations in some English dialects. There are three major subdivisions of games...

midsection, bouncing up and down. Often treated as having comic or sexual connotations rather than as a legitimately painful move, due to the move's resemblance...

the 16th or 17th century, denoting strolling, idling, often with the connotation of wasting time. But it was in the 19th century that a rich set of meanings...

International, its first published instance in 1960. The term conveys a negative connotation because recuperation generally bears the intentional consequence (whether...

English form of the Spanish term rascuache, originally with a negative connotation in Mexico it was recontextualized by the Mexican and Chicano arts movement...

stage name after learning of its racial connotation, saying she had been unaware of its negative connotations and did not want to offend Romani people...

first attested in the 1960s. "Dick", when used in many of its slang connotations, is generally considered at least mildly offensive.[citation needed]...

changed its name to Jamba to reflect its expanded menu and negative health connotations around the word “juice”. On June 20, 2020, founder Kirk Perron died from...

term for someone with severe proportional shortness acquired pejorative connotations and is no longer used in a medical context. Notable modern pop cultural...

these flowers in funerals. Because of these superstitions and negative connotations, there is a belief in Japan that one should never gift a bouquet of these...

duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve." Popular connotations also include: in English Unity, Faith, Discipline Unity, Faith and Discipline...

apolitical or even anti-political. The word "politician" carried negative connotations, and became almost synonymous with someone who was wicked or corrupt...

cubes) or a cube farm. Although humorous, the phrase usually has negative connotations. Cube farms are found in multiple industries including technology, insurance...

first mentioned in season 2, when it was believed to have purely violent connotations. William showed a strong capacity for loyalty and devoted love, which...

the story, as a "recurrent geometric motif" and due to its symbolic connotations. Gibbons created a smiley face badge as an element of The Comedian's...

did they give emphasis to the poetic undercurrents, but also to the connotations and the overtones which "exist in ambiguous relationships to the visual...

is a first degree relative. The word daughter also has several other connotations attached to it, one of these being used in reference to a female descendant...

completion, purification, and renewal, comparable with the rituals and connotations of an eternal flame and of sanctuary lamps. At the level of the polis...

modern Europe, double-entry bookkeeping had theological and cosmological connotations, recalling "both the scales of justice and the symmetry of God's world"...

symbolically associated with vegetation and in particular flowers. By connotation, Xochiquetzal is also representative of human desire, pleasure, and excess...

the ruling Brazilian military dictatorship. Because of the political connotation of the songs and the repressive nature of the regime at the time, audience...

pente (five). Pentacles, despite the sound of the word, often had no connotation of "five" in the old magical texts, but were, rather, magical talismans...

friendships, or sophistication. The term carries strong pejorative connotations and is used to characterise women who refuse to conform to male expectations...

of life. In the modern era, the term has an overwhelmingly negative connotation, referring to alterations that render something inferior, dysfunctional...

have more clarity than dreams, but traditionally fewer psychological connotations. Visions are known to emerge from spiritual traditions and could provide...

during the past fifteen years in every branch of production, with its connotation of increased employment for Koreans, to the constantly mounting number...

cancellation of the Barbara Dex Award due to its associated negative connotations, the You're a Vision Award was established with the aim to "celebrate...

resipiscite – a translation that favors the connotation of changing one's internal state of mind, rather than the connotation of engaging in external penitential...

entity in ceremonial matters strips the phrase of its original religious connotation. The New Hampshire Supreme Court, as well as the Second, Fourth, Fifth...

bombing by commentators and historians. Because the term has pejorative connotations, some, including the Allies of World War II, have preferred to use euphemisms...

returned to the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The term has taken on a connotation to identify someone who is either a lifelong Pittsburgher, or says a...

above religious differences. The term politique often had a pejorative connotation of moral or religious indifference, especially after 1576 in contrast...

promotions as ColoradoScaping, seeking to avoid some of the negative connotations of xeriscaping, including the phonetic similarity to zeroscaping. ColoradoScaping...

something", or "getting ready to speak", especially with an aggressive connotation. The habaki will cause normal wear and tear inside the scabbard, and...

is an element of film semiotics and connects between denotation and connotation. Films reproduce tropes of other arts and also make tropes of their own...

as applied to a specific type of mental deficiency have misleading connotations. The importance of this anomaly among Europeans and their descendants...

people whom one meets. Each suit also has distinctive characteristics and connotations commonly held to be as follows: Illustrations from the Rider–Waite tarot...