Hypertext Webster Gateway: "denotative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Denotative \De*not"a*tive\, a.
Having power to denote; designating or marking off.
Proper names are pre["e]minently denotative; telling us
that such as object has such a term to denote it, but
telling us nothing as to any single attribute.
--Latham.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
denotative
adj 1: having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or
naming [syn: {denotive}] [ant: {connotative}]
2: in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
[syn: {explicit}]
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