Timeline for Single word for a synonym with opposite connotation?
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| Aug 18, 2018 at 23:09 | comment | added | Lawrence | @ubihatt No, that’s not grammatical. | |
| Aug 16, 2018 at 14:17 | comment | added | Mikko Marttila | @Lambie I'm specifically looking for a way to distinguish between an antonym in denotation (the "literal meaning") and an antonym in connotation (as in general "feeling" of the word, positive/negative undertone). Clearly my question is still not clear, I'll reword it later. | |
| Aug 15, 2018 at 16:50 | comment | added | Lambie | cheap v. inexpensive as opposed to cheap v. shoddy. The way to refer to this is saying different meanings of a word. It is those different meanings that have antonyms or not. Not "the word". And I think Lawrence has pretty much said this. And I'd forget connotation and denotation. You're really talking about meanings of a word. | |
| Aug 15, 2018 at 14:16 | history | edited | Lawrence | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Addressed the heart of the question.
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| Aug 15, 2018 at 14:09 | comment | added | Lawrence | @MikkoMarttila I think a big part of the issue with that particular example is that "negative impression" isn't a large chunk of the total concept brought to mind by the word "cheap". As such, you'd always need to specify what in particular you're trying to negate. I'll update my answer with that perspective. | |
| Aug 15, 2018 at 13:33 | comment | added | Mikko Marttila | I like the analysis, but would be inclined to conclude from it that "there is no such single word," as the need to specify the sense of "connotation" precludes use of antonym as a single word replacement for the concept. In practice, I'm struggling to formulate a query that would return "affordable" as a result to "cheap ___", while "cheap antonym" returns acceptable opposites in the denotational sense, and "cheap synonym" returns synonyms with both positive, negative, and neutral connotations. Queries aside, I would also like to be able to succintly convey the intent in conversation, too. | |
| Aug 15, 2018 at 13:13 | history | answered | Lawrence | CC BY-SA 4.0 |