connotation
Cross references: 1. denotation con.no.ta.tion \.ka:n-*-'ta--sh*n\ \-shn*l, -sh*n-*l\ n 1a: the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitl y names or describes 1b: something suggested by a word or thing 2: the meaning of a word : SIGNIFICATION 3: the property or properties connoted by a term in logic - con.no.ta.tion.al aj