The denotative meaning of a signifier is intended to communicate the objective semantic content of the represented thing.

Traditionally, depiction is distinguished from denotative meaning by the presence of a mimetic element or resemblance.

Sometimes dance like this reaches deep into a viewer's emotions, even if the denotative meaning remains unclear.

A constant connotative meaning justifies an enlarged denotative meaning.

It considers social connotations, including meanings related to ideology and power structures, in addition to denotative meanings of signs.

Its elements are words with fixed denotative meanings.

Lists connotative and denotative meanings for specific phrases used throughout the circular.

To coin a word to refer to a thing (see lexical words), the community must agree on a simple meaning (a denotative meaning) within their language.

The denotative meaning is the meaning of the product.

A television's denotative meaning would be that it is high definition.