Connotation

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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-abortion
pro-choice pro-abortion