alienans

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/ˈeɪli.ənænz/

adjective

Negating, denying, modifying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.

“Because a "decoy duck" is not a duck, "decoy" is an alienans adjective.”

OriginLatin aliēnāns →
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Meanings

adjectivealienans (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerhetoricespecially an adjectivehuman sciencesNegating, denying, modifying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.

    Because a "decoy duck" is not a duck, "decoy" is an alienans adjective.

    1 more example

    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.

noun
  1. rhetorichuman sciencesAn alienans adjective.

Origin

  1. Latinaliēnāns
  2. Englishalienans

From Latin aliēnāns, present active participle of aliēnō (“make something another's”), from aliēnus (“another's, foreign”).

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“alienans.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alienans. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alienans,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alienans.

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