denotation and connotation (1843).
Distinction drawn by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873).
A word denotes the class of entities to which it may be used to refer; it connotes the qualities usually associated with those entities.
See also the non-equivalent distinction sense and reference.
Source:
J Lyons, Semantics (Cambridge, 1977) ch. 7
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