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A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that any given word or phrase carries, in addition to its explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation. A connotation is frequently described as either positive or negative, with regard to its pleasing or displeasing emotional connection. [ 1 ]
People fail to recognize that photo-shop is widely used on models in magazines and in advertisements which gives an unrealistic expectation. An online survey in 2010 consisting of 100 girls aged 13–17 was conducted by Girl Scouts. What they found was that 9 out of 10 girls felt pressure from the fashion and media industries to be skinny.
Little old lady: A harmless and helpless older woman; innocent and pitiful older woman. (see "adorable" above) Lolita: A term for a sexualized minor child, typically a girl; the term has pedophilic connotations and is often used to fetishize or exploit vulnerable preteen
While firm, obstinate, and pig-headed are all synonymous with stubbornness, the emotive connotations of these words are different. Firm carries a positive connotation, obstinate carries a neutral (or slightly negative) connotation, and pig-headed fool carries a negative connotation. Thus, most individuals have a positive reaction toward the ...
"Maybe your 4-year-old will say, 'I want some privacy in the bathroom,' and you want to be respectful of that." That doesn't necessarily mean that your 4-year-old is ready to bathe themselves, she ...
On 8 November, Paramount Pictures released the first trailer for Tina Fey’s forthcoming Mean Girls movie musical, based on Fey’s Broadway adaptation of the 2004 teen comedy.
In psychological terms, positive pride is "a pleasant, sometimes exhilarating, emotion that results from a positive self-evaluation". [14] It was added to the University of California, Davis, "Set of Emotion Expressions", as one of three "self-conscious" emotions known to have recognizable expressions (along with embarrassment and shame ).
The Pollyanna principle (also called Pollyannaism or positivity bias) is the tendency for people to remember pleasant items more accurately than unpleasant ones. [1] Research indicates that at the subconscious level, the mind tends to focus on the optimistic; while at the conscious level, it tends to focus on the negative.