Connotation

Connotation is a subjective cultural and/or emotional coloration in addition to the explicit or denotative meaning of any specific word or phrase in a language, i.e. emotional association with a word.

Blog posts

• When Truth is a Trap by David J. Balan
• Useless Medical Disclaimers - Inability of most people to adequately process statistical information causes even mentioning of negative possibilities, with probability however small, to produce significant negative affect.
• Rationality and the English Language
• Sneaking in Connotations
• When Truth Isn't Enough by Yvain

See also

• Antiprediction
• Not technically a lie
• Affect heuristic
• Inferential distance, scope insensitivity
• Alief
• A Human's Guide to Words