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Denotation

noun
1.
The act of indicating or pointing out by name.  Synonym: indication.
2.
The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to.  Synonyms: extension, reference.





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"Denotation" Quotes from Famous Books



... of mind, and so on, cannot belong to the embodied Self for that reason also, that there is a (separate) denotation of the object of activity and of the agent. In the passage, 'When I shall have departed from hence I shall obtain him' (Ch. Up. III, 14, 4), the word 'him' refers to that which is the topic of discussion, viz. the Self which is to be meditated upon as possessing ...
— The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya - Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 • George Thibaut


Words linked to "Denotation" :   denote, meaning, naming, indication, substance


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