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connotationless

connotationless adjective: without connotations.

Adjective

connotationless (not comparable)

  1. Without connotations.
    • Mill's account of proper names as connotationless tags did not enjoy much support through most of the twentieth century.2008, Stathis Psillos, Martin Curd, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science, page 37

Origin of connotationless

From connotation + -less.

Questions about connotationless

What does connotationless mean?
Connotationless means without connotations.
What part of speech is connotationless?
Connotationless is an adjective.

Words near connotationless in the dictionary

  1. connotates
  2. connotating
  3. connotation
  4. connotational
  5. connotationally
  6. connotationless
  7. connotations
  8. connotative
  9. connotatively
  10. connotatory
  11. connote

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