alienans.
Negating, denying, modifying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From Latin aliēnāns, present active participle of aliēnō (“make something another's”), from aliēnus (“another's, foreign”).
An alienans adjective.
Where this word comes from
From Latin aliēnāns, present active participle of aliēnō (“make something another's”), from aliēnus (“another's, foreign”).
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