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  2. Connotation - Wikipedia

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    Example seven . The denotation is a representation of a cartoon heart. The connotation is a symbol of love and affection. Example one. The denotation of this example is a red rose with a green stem. The connotation is that it is a symbol of passion and love – this is what the rose represents, Example two. The denotation is a brown cross.

  3. Emotive conjugation - Wikipedia

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    During an interview, he gave multiple examples of emotive conjugation, with his most famous example being the following: [3] "I am firm, you are obstinate, he is a pig-headed fool." While firm, obstinate, and pig-headed are all synonymous with stubbornness, the emotive connotations of these words are different.

  4. List of diminutives by language - Wikipedia

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    When used, the diminutive has mostly a neutral or positive connotation: Na een uurtje gekletst te hebben met haar vriend ging het meisje naar huis. After chatting with her boyfriend for a "little" hour, the girl went home. The diminutive can, however, also be used pejoratively. Hij was vanavond weer echt het "'mannetje'".

  5. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. Category:Urdu-language words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    See as an example Category:English words. ... Pages in category "Urdu-language words and phrases" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.

  7. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...

  8. Glittering generality - Wikipedia

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    In rhetoric, a glittering generality or glowing generality is an emotionally appealing phrase so closely associated with highly-valued concepts and beliefs that it carries conviction without supporting information or reason.

  9. Persian and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani (sometimes called Hindi–Urdu) is a colloquial language and lingua franca of Pakistan and the Hindi Belt of India. It forms a dialect continuum between its two formal registers: the highly Persianized Urdu, and the de-Persianized, Sanskritized Hindi. [2] Urdu uses a modification of the Persian alphabet, whereas Hindi uses Devanagari ...