connote

verb

Etymology: From Medieval Latin connotō (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), + notō (“mark”).

1. To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

   “Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.”

2. To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.

   “Poverty connotes hunger.”

   “Doctors should be reminded that absence of evidence does not connote a mental illness …”

3. To express without overt reference; to imply.
4. To require as a logical predicate to consequence.