denotative

adj — 2 senses

denotative

adj

Etymology From Latin dēnotātus + -ive. By surface analysis, denote + -ative.

1

That denotes or names; designative.

There was still no concept of language (arithmetical symbolism, perhaps, is not a language, is not denotative in the same sense as words).1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf:

2

Specific to the primary meaning of a term.

Derived terms: denotatively, denotativeness, nondenotative

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