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Definition of Denotive
1. Adjective. Having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming.
Similar to: Appellative, Naming, Designative, Extensional, Referent, Referential
Also: Explicit, Expressed
Antonyms: Connotative
Derivative terms: Denote, Denote
Definition of Denotive
1. a. Serving to denote.
Definition of Denotive
1. Adjective. Serving to denote something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Denotive
1. denote [adj] - See also: denote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denotive
Literary usage of Denotive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Surgery: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1862)
"A thick and tumid upper lip is generally denotive of a scrofulous taint of the
system, ... A red, spongy, and tumid state of them is usually denotive of a ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"232. ethnology are concerned, it is purely denotive. 7. The proposed term is
sufficiently brief and euphonious for all practical purposes, not only in the ..."
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