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Meanings of denotative in English

Portuguese
denotativo

Having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming.

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      denotativo

      In accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term.

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              Usage of denotative in English
              1
              To use the phraseology of Harvard and Radcliffe, the Sulphite is connotative, the Bromide denotative.
              Are You a Bromide? / The Sulphitic Theory Expounded and Exemplif...
              2
              Words are thus acknowledged to be denotative of themselves.
              A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1
              3
              The workings of my thought thus determine both its denotative and its connotative significance more fully.
              The Meaning of Truth
              4
              His sentences are abrupt and minimal, austerely denotative, building the tension: he hasn't got narrative time to waste.
              The Guardian
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              Translations for denotative
              Portuguese
              denotativo
              Denotative through the time