objective meaning denotative
2. Some Definitions of Denotation and Connotation Denotative meaning is the objective (dictionary) relationship between a word and the reality to which it refers (Crystal, 1987:418). Connotative meaning, on the other hand, is the communicative power of a word by virtue of what it refers to (Leech, 1974:15).ell (1991:98-99) makes a good distinction between denotative meaning and connotative meaning saying that The first refers to meaning which is referential, objective and cognitive and, hence, the shared property of the speech community which uses the language of which the word or sentence forms a part.