Difference between revisions of "Connotation"
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('anti-abortion' isn't an unfavorable connotation.) |
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| child || fetus || | | child || fetus || | ||
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| − | | pro-life || || anti- | + | | pro-life || || anti-choice |
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| pro-choice || || pro-abortion | | pro-choice || || pro-abortion | ||
Revision as of 16:46, August 27, 2008
Connotation is the imagery and emotion that a word or phrase brings to mind - as opposed to the raw denotation. It is easy to sway people towards something or someone (or away from it) by using word connotations.
| Favorable | Neutral | Unfavorable |
|---|---|---|
| mother | woman | |
| child | fetus | |
| pro-life | anti-choice | |
| pro-choice | pro-abortion |