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nonabhorrent

nonabhorrent adjective: not abhorrent; acceptable.

Adjective

nonabhorrent (comparative more nonabhorrent, superlative most nonabhorrent)

  1. Not abhorrent; acceptable.
    • If its essence is "to turn away from—" then nonabhorrent character prompts a turning-toward.1997, Michael Gelven, The Risk of Being: What it Means to be Good and Bad, page 37
    • According to his book, he's had over 4,600 sexual partners, which he sees as a totally natural and a completely nonabhorrent way to behave.2011, Scott Sherman, Bad for the Jews, page 130

Forms of nonabhorrent

comparativemore nonabhorrent
superlativemost nonabhorrent

Origin of nonabhorrent

From non- + abhorrent.

Questions about nonabhorrent

What does nonabhorrent mean?
Nonabhorrent means not abhorrent; acceptable.
What part of speech is nonabhorrent?
Nonabhorrent is an adjective.

Words near nonabhorrent in the dictionary

  1. nonabdication
  2. nonabdominal
  3. nonabductive
  4. nonabelian
  5. nonaberrant
  6. nonabhorrent
  7. nonabiding
  8. nonabilities
  9. nonability
  10. nonabine
  11. nonabject

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