abnegative

English

Etymology

From Latin abnegativus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æbˈnɛɡətɪv/

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Adjective

abnegative (comparative more abnegative, superlative most abnegative)

1. (obsolete, rare): Denying; renouncing; negative
   • 1872, Sara Jane Lippincott, New Life in New Lands:

     There is rather in their faces a quiet , baffling , negative , and abnegative expression , which certainly is as far from happy content as it is from desperate rebellion

Latin

Adjective

abnegātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of abnegātīvus