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stanceless

stanceless adjective: without any particular stance; neutral.

Adjective

stanceless (not comparable)

  1. Without any particular stance; neutral.
    • However, comparative register research shows that the old stereotypes about the stanceless nature of academic writing are to some extent accurate.2012, Ken Hyland, Carmen Sancho Guinda, Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres, page 24

Origin of stanceless

From stance + -less.

Words formed from stanceless

Questions about stanceless

What does stanceless mean?
Stanceless means without any particular stance; neutral.
What part of speech is stanceless?
Stanceless is an adjective.

Words near stanceless in the dictionary

  1. Stanburys
  2. stance
  3. stance up
  4. stanced
  5. Stancel
  6. stanceless
  7. stancelessness
  8. stances
  9. stanch
  10. stanchable
  11. stanched

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