alienans

English

Etymology

From Latin aliēnāns, present active participle of aliēnō (“make something another's”), from aliēnus (“another's, foreign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪli.ənænz/

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Adjective

Examples (alienans adjective)
purported contract alleged perpetrator forged passport expectant mother fantasy partner near victory

alienans (not comparable)

1. (rhetoric, philosophy, of a grammatical modifier, especially an adjective) Negating, denying, modifying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.

   The newspaper never called him "the murderer", always "the alleged murderer", but the alienans adjective didn't help very much: the word "murderer" is all people saw.

   Because a "decoy duck" is not a duck, "decoy" is an alienans adjective.

Noun

alienans

1. (rhetoric, philosophy) An alienans adjective.

See also

• modal
• modality

References

• Alienans. (n.d.). The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Retrieved August 22, 2007, from Answers.com Web site: http://www.answers.com/topic/alienans

Anagrams

• Annalise, alanines, annalise

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of aliēnō.

Participle

aliēnāns (genitive aliēnantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. alienating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	aliēnāns			aliēnantēs	aliēnantia
Genitive	aliēnantis			aliēnantium
Dative	aliēnantī			aliēnantibus
Accusative	aliēnantem	aliēnāns		aliēnantēs aliēnantīs	aliēnantia
Ablative	aliēnante aliēnantī1			aliēnantibus
Vocative	aliēnāns			aliēnantēs	aliēnantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.