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prescindent

prescindent adjective: that prescinds; cutting off; abstracting.

Adjective

prescindent (comparative more prescindent, superlative most prescindent)

  1. (rare) That prescinds; cutting off; abstracting.
    • […] and therefore the confusion, or prescindent nature, of such concept is not the result of a separation by which one grade is cut off from another, but simply of a cognition which cuts off a confused from a distinct and determinate concept.1879, Thomas Harper, The Metaphysics of the School

Forms of prescindent

comparativemore prescindent
superlativemost prescindent

Questions about prescindent

What does prescindent mean?
Prescindent means that prescinds; cutting off; abstracting.
What part of speech is prescindent?
Prescindent is an adjective.

Words near prescindent in the dictionary

  1. prescientific
  2. prescientifically
  3. presciently
  4. prescind
  5. prescinded
  6. prescindent
  7. prescinding
  8. prescinds
  9. prescious
  10. prescission
  11. prescissions

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