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usurpatory

usurpatory adjective: tending to usurp.

Adjective

usurpatory (comparative more usurpatory, superlative most usurpatory)

  1. Tending to usurp.
    • Kant was concerned about certain metaphysical notions, but we think that usurpatory concepts reflect a general phenomenon of language as it evolves over time.2008 March 21, Bernd Buldt, Benedikt Löwe, Thomas Müller, “Towards a New Epistemology of Mathematics”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI
  2. Of or resulting from usurpation.

Forms of usurpatory

comparativemore usurpatory
superlativemost usurpatory

Questions about usurpatory

What does usurpatory mean?
Usurpatory means tending to usurp.
What part of speech is usurpatory?
Usurpatory is an adjective.

Words near usurpatory in the dictionary

  1. usurpations
  2. usurpative
  3. usurpatively
  4. usurpator
  5. usurpators
  6. usurpatory
  7. usurpatrix
  8. usurpature
  9. usurpatures
  10. usurped
  11. usurpedly

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