alienans
/ˈeɪli.ənænz/
alienans adjective: negating, denying, modifying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.
Adjective
alienans (not comparable)
- Negating, denying, modifying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.
- The newspaper never called him "the murderer", always "the alleged murderer", but the alienans adjective didn't help very much: the word "murderer" is all people saw.
- Because a "decoy duck" is not a duck, "decoy" is an alienans adjective.
Noun
alienans
- An alienans adjective.
Origin of alienans
From Latin aliēnāns, present active participle of aliēnō (“make something another's”), from aliēnus (“another's, foreign”).
Questions about alienans
- What does alienans mean?
- Alienans means negating, denying, modifying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.
- What part of speech is alienans?
- Alienans can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce alienans?
- Alienans is pronounced /ˈeɪli.ənænz/.
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