Have you ever given some thought to how politicians and the media are well-schooled in the use of connotation versus denotation? Denotation is the basic definition of a word as found in the dictionary ...

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Denotation is what a word literally means e.g. the skull is the bone structure in your head. Connotations are the ideas or feelings that a word might suggest e.g. a skull conjures up thoughts of fear, ...

Your story on how the brain stores and organises words gave a fascinating glimpse into the neurological underpinning of category formation (5 January, p 10). It reminded me of the distinction, ...