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Determine whether the definition below is denotative or connotative. noxious: harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being A. connotative B. denotative so im guessing that its A but just seeing if I got it correct

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The answer would be B. Denotative

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B. Denotative

Denotative means the literal definition of something, it is the definition you would find if you looked something up in the dictionary. Connotative means any emotions and associations that the word has, for example the word "beautiful" carries positive connotations. The definition provided is more representative of a denotative/literal definition.
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