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DENOTATION (from See also:Lat. denotare, to See also:mark out, specify) , in See also:logic, a technical See also:term used strictly as the correlative of See also:Con-notation, to describe one of the two functions of a See also:concrete term. The concrete term " connotes " attributes and " denotes " all the individuals which, as possessing these attributes, constitute the genus or See also:species described by the term. Thus " cricketer " denotes the individuals who See also:play See also:cricket, and connotes the qualities or characteristics by which these individuals are marked. In this sense, in which it was first used by J. S. See also:Mill, Denotation is See also:equivalent to See also:Extension, and See also:Connotation to Intension. It is clear that when the given term is qualified by a limiting See also:adjective the Denotation or Extension diminishes, while the Connotation or Intension increases; e.g. a generic term like " See also:flower " has a larger Extension, and a smaller Intension than " See also:rose " rose " than " See also:moss-rose." In more See also:general See also:language Denotation is used loosely for that which is meant or indicated by a word, phrase, See also:sentence or even an See also:action. Thus a proper name or even an abstract term is said to have Denotation.

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