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What is the noun for denotatively?

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denotation
  1. The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
  2. (logic) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
  3. (philosophy) The intension and extension of a word
  4. (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
  5. (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
  6. (media-studies) A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “The word home, for instance, by denotation means only a place where one lives, but by connotation it suggests security, love, comfort, and family.”
      “Rock drilling machines often are given a denotation like rock hammer drilling machine or rock hammer drills.”
      “Revenge was such a malicious and stupid act in some people's definition, but the denotation to her was justice.”
denotatum
  1. (linguistics) Something that is denoted; a referent.
  2. Synonyms:
denotement
denotator
  1. That which denotates.
denotee
  1. Something denoted.
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denotations
  1. plural of denotation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Social history and folk life studies are becoming increasingly interchangeable as disciplinary denotations.”
      “I love the parallel nuttiness of the denotations and the curiously balanced and opposed vowel sounds that follow.”
      “In addition, trainees will be expected to know the official etymology, derivations, connotations and denotations of the term.”
denotements
  1. plural of denotement
denotata
denotators
  1. plural of denotator
denotees
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