Words similar to connotations

Example sentences for: connotations

How can you use “connotations” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

That is, if you are going to say something about people, then avoid using the word man (for example) because, regardless of the ancillary definitions one might find in the dictionary, in its most common meaning and use it denotes `male' and the strong connotations of that denotation are carried over to all other applications of the word: it is not, in fact, as neutral as some believe it to be.
He uses standard English word-formation devices in order to create new words with broad sensory connotations, such as foodist, bellyologist , and groggist to refer to people with uncontrolled appetites, dedicated drinkers of alcohol, and eaters.
But then an earlier life was revealed: from the 1840s, and in Queensland especially, jackeroo had been used of a white man who lived beyond the bounds of close settlement and had taken on some of the not so savoury connotations of frontiersman.
The Yiddish word KETSele (not used in English), meaning `pussycat,' is cryptically “explained’ as a “term of endearment and the source of all the current pussycat titles with their sexy connotations.
In the last analysis, it makes little difference how sterile, clinical, or innocuous the words selected might be, for the terminology attracts adverse connotations owing to many factors, not the least of which is prejudice.