which word has a negative connotation?
The word âevolution,â with its connotation of unrolling, of progressive development, was not favored by Darwin; he preferred the bleak phrase âdescent with modificationâ for his theory. âJohn Updike, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 1985. a word with negative connotations. For many people, the word âfatâ has negative connotations.