Despite modern connotations of death as evil, Hades was actually more altruism inclined in mythology.
In modern connotations it refers either to the projection of a united Christian Church or to world civilizations.
Tolkien may have just chosen the word "vampire" for its modern connotations of bat-associated monsters.
That older term, with the modern connotation of elevated prestige, is back in fashion among native peoples themselves.
At that time the word "great" simply meant big, and had not acquired its modern connotations of excellence.
While modern connotations are recent having been concretised in the centuries following the 19th, ancient references abound.
In 2004 the museum encountered problems receiving emails due to the modern connotations of its name confusing pornography filters.
Words like "secrecy" and "concealment" began taking on their modern, obscene connotations.
However, the term "Islamic state" has taken on a more specific modern connotation since the 20th century.
In modern Greek colloquial connotation, the word katharevousa has come to mean "formal language".
