different between symbolic vs denotative

symbolic

English

Etymology

From French symbolique or directly from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sumbolikós, of or belonging to a symbol)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sym?bo?lic
  • Rhymes: -?l?k

Adjective

symbolic (comparative more symbolic, superlative most symbolic)

  1. Pertaining to a symbol.
  2. Implicitly representing or referring to another thing.
    a symbolic gesture

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Translations

symbolic From the web:

  • what symbolic elements are used in the necklace
  • what symbolic meaning
  • what symbolic speech is not protected
  • what symbolic meaning does the character
  • what symbolizes necklace
  • what is the symbolic meaning of necklace


denotative

English

Adjective

denotative (comparative more denotative, superlative most denotative)

  1. That denotes or names; designative.
    • 1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf
      There was still no concept of language (arithmetical symbolism, perhaps, is not a language, is not denotative in the same sense as words).
  2. Specific to the primary meaning of a term.
    Antonym: connotative

Translations

Anagrams

  • detonative

German

Adjective

denotative

  1. inflection of denotativ:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

denotative

  1. feminine plural of denotativo

denotative From the web:

  • what denotation mean
  • what denotation
  • what denotations are presented in the title
  • what denotative and connotative
  • what denotative meaning of owl
  • what denotation of skinny
  • what definition of purity
  • what denotative and connotative meaning of a word
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