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nonaffinitive

nonaffinitive adjective: not affinitive; Showing little or no affinity.

Adjective

nonaffinitive (comparative more nonaffinitive, superlative most nonaffinitive)

  1. Not affinitive; Showing little or no affinity.
    • In contrast, a water-repellent substance, for example, fluoric resin or Teflon, is extremely nonaffinitive with the oily oxime hydrochlorides and has a nature to repel it.1969, B. Albertson, Photochemical Processes, page 84
    • the social division of labor here is imposed on individuals as an elemental force, and under these conditions it is precisely "nonaffinitive," alienated labor that is the dominant form.1973, V.I. Shinkaruk, “The Philosophical Teachings of GS Skovoroda (On His 250th Anniversary)”, in Soviet Studies in Philosophy, volume 12, number 2

Forms of nonaffinitive

comparativemore nonaffinitive
superlativemost nonaffinitive

Origin of nonaffinitive

From non- + affinitive.

Questions about nonaffinitive

What does nonaffinitive mean?
Nonaffinitive means not affinitive; Showing little or no affinity.
What part of speech is nonaffinitive?
Nonaffinitive is an adjective.

Words near nonaffinitive in the dictionary

  1. nonafferent
  2. nonaffiliate
  3. nonaffiliated
  4. nonaffiliates
  5. nonaffine
  6. nonaffinitive
  7. nonaffinity
  8. nonaffirmation
  9. nonaffirmative
  10. nonaffirming
  11. nonaffix

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