POLS-Y 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Connotation, Denotation
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Gay marriage should be legal, miley cyrus is a good role model (an example of a controversy that can go away), star trek is better than. Religion is an example of a controversy that will go for centuries: definitions: controversy- etymology (word origin) Contra- against or in comparison with, implies difference of opinion or contrast. Verse- line of writing, implies opinions expressed in some type of public arena. A prolonged public dispute, debate, disputation concerning a matter of opinion. Prolonged - matters are unsettled over time, lasting, public not private, concerning people as a whole, dispute/debate - challenge, taking exception to. Synonyms- disagreement, difference, contention, strife, argument, strong often violent disagreement, lack of harmony, even bitter, heated conflict, advancing reasons for and against in a partisan fashion, quarrel, wrangle: denotations and connotations. Denotation- meaning, the most direct, exact, specific meaning of a word or expression. Literal meaning- meaning without interpretation, embellishment, or exaggeration, dictionary definition, rational.
