0 The denotative meaning of a word is its main meaning, not including the feelings and ideas that people may connect with that word: --
Nurse practitioners are holistic in the denotative sense of the word.
Although words have both denotative and connotative meanings, there has been little research on a child's acquisition of connotations.
His style is light on metaphor, composed largely of short, denotative sentences.
In the case of diminutives, the diminutive marking has no clear denotative meaning.
Catch phrases from his movies that may have strict "denotative" meanings to some listeners carry powerfully suggestive, culturally informed "connotative" meanings to the wider public.