alienans
nounEtymology From Latin aliēnāns, present active participle of aliēnō (“make something another's”), from aliēnus (“another's, foreign”).
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Rhetoric An alienans adjective.
alienans
adj/ˈeɪli.ənænz/
Etymology From Latin aliēnāns, present active participle of aliēnō (“make something another's”), from aliēnus (“another's, foreign”).
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Rhetoric, Of a grammatical modifier Negating, denying, modifying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.
Especially an adjective
- 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.