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▸ noun: (logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
▸ noun: (philosophy, logic) The intension and extension of a word
▸ noun: (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
▸ noun: (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
▸ noun: (media studies) A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
Similar:
reference,
extension,
denotement,
denomination,
description,
designation,
denotification,
delineation,
indication,
indexicalisation,
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Opposite:
Types:
connotation,
literal meaning,
metaphor,
simile,
personification,
hyperbole,
allusion,
irony,
sarcasm,
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