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In rhetoric, emotive or emotional conjugation (also known as Russell's conjugation) [1] is a rhetorical technique used to create an intrinsic bias towards or against a piece of information. Bias is created by using the emotional connotation of a word to prime a response from the audience by creating a loaded statement.
[1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3] Views vary with geography and culture, over time, and among individuals.
Chutzpah (Yiddish: חוצפה - / ˈ x ʊ t s p ə, ˈ h ʊ t-/) [1] [2] is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. A close English equivalent is sometimes " hubris ". The word derives from the Hebrew ḥuṣpāh ( חֻצְפָּה ), meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity".
A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that any given word or phrase carries, in addition to its explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation. A connotation is frequently described as either positive or negative, with regard to its pleasing or displeasing emotional connection. [ 1 ]
Tiger Woods’ daughter, Sam, won’t be following in her dad’s footsteps. “You know, when she was growing up, golf took daddy away from her,” Woods, 48, told Carson Daly during a Wednesday ...
Following Fight Club, the terms "special snowflake" and "special snowflake syndrome" were applied to individuals with a negative connotation. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Such terminology refers to people who believe their status as a unique individuals means they are destined for great success, or deserve a special career, with abundant praise and admiration.
Don't expect to see Sam Woods, the daughter of Tiger Woods, on a fairway anytime soon.At least not as a player like dad or 15-year-old brother Charlie.. During a Wednesday interview on the "Today ...
[1] [2] One aspect of loaded language is that loaded words and phrases occur in pairs, sometimes as political framing techniques by individuals with opposing agendas. Heller calls these "a Boo! version and a Hooray! version" to differentiate those with negative and positive emotional connotations.