the connotation of a word is

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the feelings and associations that a word evokes beyond its literal definition; it is the emotional or cultural baggage that comes with a word.
The meaningn that is not obvious or started .The literal meaning of a word
I see, the connotation of a word refers to the subjective, emotional, or cultural associations attached to a word, while the denotation of a word refers to the literal or dictionary definition of the word. Thank you for clarifying.