Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's Executive Order No. 9066. Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities . . . . Which word from the excerpt has a negative connotation? premises sabotage utilities defense
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Connotation: Connotation is the word that describes the feelings that are generally associated with a word.
If a word has a common, bad feeling, it has a negative connotation. Negative connotation may be something to take advantage of or avoid.
From the excerpt,
The word sabotage has a negative connotation as it refers to the destruction or damaging something.
In this context, the defense utilities and materials needed to be protected from sabotage.
Sabotage is a word which indicates a negative connotation and it refers to the destruction or destroying something.
In this excerpt, the defense utilities and materials needed to be protected from sabotage, and here “espionage and against sabotage” is the connotation because espionage means spying and sabotage can be used for describing the same thing.