alienans

English

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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.

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of aliēnō.

Participle

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

  1. alienating

Declension

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