alienans
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin aliēnāns, present active participle of aliēnō (“make something another's”), from aliēnus (“another's, foreign”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈeɪli.ənænz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
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alienans (not comparable)
- (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
editalienans
- (rhetoric, philosophy) An alienans adjective.
See also
editReferences
edit- Alienans. (n.d.). The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Retrieved August 22, 2007, from Answers.com Web site: http://www.answers.com/topic/alienans
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editPresent participle of aliēnō.
Participle
editaliēnāns (genitive aliēnantis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
editThird-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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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.
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