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English
Etymology
From Latin aliēnāns, present active participle of aliēnō (“make something another's”), from aliēnus (“another's, foreign”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- purported contract
- alleged perpetrator
- forged passport
- expectant mother
- fantasy partner
- near victory
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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
alienans
- (rhetoric, philosophy) An alienans adjective.
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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of aliēnō.
Participle
aliēnāns (genitive aliēnantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- alienating
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.