The connotative meaning of a word is the feeling or idea that the word evokes, in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

What image do you get when you hear the word ‘drug’? Write a word or phrase that is associated with the term ‘drug’? When I asked participants to answer these two questions at a workshop on critical ...

(CNN) — The words and phrases permeate nearly every aspect of our society. “Master bedrooms” in our homes. “Blacklists” and “whitelists” in computing. The idiom “sold down the river” in our everyday ...