The moral connotation was accentuated by the always at least implicit use of the term to contest, to resist contemporary claims of state.

They may have a double moral connotation, perhaps due to the cosmic alternation of light and darkness, as is apparent in the case of Zoroastrianism.

Moreover, the word 'irregularity' has moral connotations, and Gothic novels are often concerned with disreputable doings.

Trackers were totally promiscuous, but due to the nature of their society, the word 'promiscuity' had been stripped of any moral connotation.

The term elite has no moral or honorific connotations in Pareto's usage.

Martinelli also dedicated a major part of his work to the painting of religious subjects and biblical stories, charging them with strong moral connotations.

Before 1997 the term was merely used for excessive war violence and had a less moral connotation.

"Evil" doesn't have a moral connotation in cyberland but indicates something "sufficiently mal-designed as to be not worth the bother of dealing with."

The orthodox interpreted evil (kakia) primarily in terms of violence against others (thus giving the moral connotation of the term).

"Good and evil" is a set phrase meaning simply "everything", but it may also have a moral connotation.