positive connotation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpositiveandconnotation
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positive
adjective
uk/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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connotation
noun[C]
uk/ˌkɒn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑː.nəˈteɪ.ʃən/
a feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word although it need not be a part of the word's meaning, or something suggested by an object ...
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(Definition ofpositiveandconnotationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpositive connotation
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In contrast to the overglorification of the early childhood years, we still have no adequate label with apositiveconnotationfor the critical second decade of life.
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Farjeon has appropriated the term, voiding it of its conventional denition but retaining itspositiveconnotation.
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Night has apositiveconnotationin this poem because the moon sits and smiles on the night, showing how night is silent and peaceful.
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In one way, the brand creates apositiveconnotationwith itself, in another, the brand creates a negative connotation of life without the product.
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Boldness is not always in a rash context, but can have a greatpositiveconnotationto the word.
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Revolutionary propaganda is supposed to carry apositiveconnotation, something along the lines of dissemination of ideas that will help people win their freedom.
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It carries a largelypositiveconnotation, being associated with courage, loyalty, honor, success, fortune, fertility, happiness, passion, and summer.
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The term originally had apositiveconnotation.
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The social atmosphere andpositiveconnotationof smoking the narghile is likely to overshadow the health concerns and make it ultimately seem less harmful than smoking cigarettes.
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It carries both negative and positive connotations: unused but also free to be occupied spontaneously.
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The positive connotations that an active civil society has in democratic countries have been transferred to authoritarian states or democratising countries.
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Nirvana's morepositiveconnotationis that of a higher state of being, the dispelling of illusion and the corresponding joy of liberation.
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It has positive connotations of respect, equality, and resistance.
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Though these terms were associated with liberty in the medieval period, they lost their positive connotations once the country was unified at the end of the sixteenth century.
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Words can also take on positive connotations.
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After checking dictionaries in several languages, they found out that "a-ha" was an international way of expressing recognition, with positive connotations.
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Words which at one point had predominantly positive connotations and came from the minority groups themselves are often eventually used against them as slurs.
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Though many hold attitudes that are more enlightened and informed than past years, the word disability carries few positive connotations for most employers.
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