Sentences with phrase «changed connotation»

It means simply «after the modern,» and its use reflects a changed connotation in the word «modern.»

Not only can it look lazy and unprofessional to have an accent on the wrong letter, but it can easily change the connotation of your message.

The title of the exhibition not only refers to the term transference in a psychoanalytic context with its meaning of a trauma transferred from patient to analyst, but serves as an analogy to the changing connotations of forms seen within different contexts.

Not exact matches

As it happens, Marvel briefly changed the name of the character to Black Leopard to avoid confusing connotations with the militant party.

Though the company had to alter parts of its branding, like changing its colour scheme from red to pink (the latter being less provocative), nixing forbidden photos of skin - baring women and axing Cupid imagery due to its religious connotations, it was still adapting to a culture that celebrates sexuality, albeit in a different way.

Harrison used the employee magazine as his communication tool to impart his vision and strategic orientations and broadcast the results obtained since the leadership change (and always makes sure to give a positive connotation to the word «change»).

These feelings, devices, and connotations change far more over time, between cultures, and based on the context within the text itself.

The dictionary meaning of «chastity» hasn't changed, but the connotations and associations have gone upside - down.

In this case, renaming the «team» part might be more useful, if you're looking to change title connotations.

If the word has that connotation for them, then not using the word may be a psychologically helpful step for them in breaking away from the self - understanding that led them to become sexually active, even if their actual behavior doesn't change right away.

«On - pack claims are definitely an indicator of what clean label is, but the connotation of the term keeps changing as far as product formulation goes, making it difficult for legislators to give it a definition,» said Soumya Nair, Kerry's director of marketing insights.

Everyone involved in the sport is working toward changing the often negative connotation or assumptions of young men and women with guns.

Yes, I had heard somewhere as well that it changed from Liberal to Progressive because Liberal has negative connotations.

The name change is accurate, even if it's only being used to remove the connotations of «curfew».

But the team decided to change the terminology because, «if you have a Sicilian mafia background, [«shakedown»] has a different connotation,» he said, referring to the illegal practice of extorting money from small businesses, generating laughter from the audience.

The NAS and Annenberg group identified several ways to change incentives for quality and correction, including rewarding researchers for publishing high - quality work rather than publishing work more often; mentoring young peer - reviewers to increase clarity and quality of editorial responses during the journal publishing process; and using «voluntary withdrawal» and «withdrawal for cause» instead of the blanket «retraction» term, which has negative connotations that can prevent some researchers from taking action when a paper is wrong, but not as a result of fraud or misconduct.

The term «middle - age spread» has been etched into ageing lore, yet unflattering connotations ignore the naturalness of physiological change.

My connotation of whole grains quickly changed when I attended a conference called «Make (at Least!)

I'm not sure if we can ever change that, but we must learn to adapt and realize the negative connotation towards being basic is entirely ass backwards.

I know there is often negative connotations with «changing», especially in the world of fashion and fashion blogging.

Gaming has Changed Gaming communities have long held a negative connotation in mainstream media.

Such changes typically aim to reposition the brand / company, occasionally to distance itself from negative connotations of the previous branding...» Wikipedia add, «Rebranding has become something of a fad at the turn of the millennium...»

The American Kennel Club would not register the APBT because they didn't like the name «pit bull» because of its connotation with dog fighting, so they changed the name to the Staffordshire Terrier and then the American Staffordshire Terrier.

I do not believe that the term itself affects my thinking in any negative way, and am not going to change it just because it now seems to have a bunch of other connotations attached to it by some.

In 2004, the name of the breed was changed again to Alsatian Shepalute, as it was agreed that the term Alsatian had connotations of a wolf - like appearance.

Before someone comes around asking why we give our games out for free (or almost for free if you want), here's a quick explanation: After our name change from «Nordic Games» to «THQ Nordic», we wanted a running start for our new identity and had to think about how to begin the new era with the most positive connotation possible (for a publisher).

By changing specific images — Song landscape paintings, people - filled stadiums, goats — to something suggestive, these meticulously arranged compositions disrupt the picture plane and uncouple the connotations attached to these images.

Both anthems have undergone major changes in their political connotations: from revolution, restoration, socialism, resistance and patriotism, to additional associations with colonization and oppression in the second half of the twentieth century (as national anthems of France and the Soviet Union, respectively).

... While global warming has catastrophic connotations attached to it, climate change suggests a more controllable and less emotional challenge» (p. 142).

Heat has so many common meanings and connotations, that changing its use in popular writing is probably impossible.

It could be called «neutralization», although (a) the change is demonstrably detrimental to calcifiers and (b) «neutral» has a connotation of «natural» which would be incorrect.

I'm guilty of this myself, typically global warming or Anthropomorphic Global Warming (AGW) has a negative connotation and puts the cause of change squarely on man and typically makes the supposition that the change is massive and catostrophic.

In addition, Whitmarsh (2009) observed that «global warming» evokes stronger connotations of human causation, whereas «climate change» evokes stronger connotations of natural causation.

No, what» s embarrassing is continued use of the term «climate change denier» with its holocaust connotation, and the fact that all skeptics and deniers acknowledge climate change.

They now became climate change deniers with all the holocaust connotations of that word.

Even if you play devils advocate and accept that humans do cause catastrophic warming and there are too many of us, and if you can skip past the Nazi eugenics connotations of population control and depopulation policies, those methods are fundamentally still not a valid solution to the perceived climate change threat.

Aravindakshan, Sreejith and Sherief, Aliyaru Kunju (2010): Connotation of minor millet biodiversity and indirect payments in tribal homesteads in the backdrop of climate change.

Now we were climate change deniers, with all the holocaust connotations of the word, but the reality is I have spent my career telling people how much the climate changes naturally.

Rape Seed clearly had some negative connotations so they up and changed the name.

The trouble is that something innocuous at the time the photograph was taken or published can also take on new connotations later as context changes (e.g. someone in a shot becomes embroiled in a scandal after the fact: think Tiger Woods or a child - abusing priest).

Mining comes with the connotation of getting rich quick, striking a fortune, or getting lucky and earning a life - changing amount

While the term «job hopper» has a negative connotation, it's common practice in today's fast - changing employment world.

The industry got the name changed to Affiliated Business Arrangements (to avoid the accurate negative connotations conveyed by the term we use).