abdicative

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

US /ˈæb.dəˌkeɪ.tɪv/

Etymology From abdicate + -ive.

Rare Causing, or implying, abdication.

noun

Etymology From Latin abdicativus.

Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences A reasoning from the negative

The fourth mood is that which brings together directly a particular abdicative from a particular dedicative and a universal abdicative, e.g., Some just thing is honourable, no honourable thing is base, therefore some just thing is not base.1987, David Londey, The Logic of Apuleius:

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