extinctual

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adjective

Of, related to, or resembling extinction.

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Meanings

adjectiveextinctual (comparative more extinctual, superlative most extinctual)

comparative more extinctual · superlative most extinctual

  1. Of, related to, or resembling extinction.

    I mourn because I would not kill, knowing killing is suffering a snarling, extinctual end; and I mourn that something weak, nameless — inside me — allows this lie of color life in my blood and bone.

    1968, Free Lance Press, The Free Lance, Volume 4

Origin

From extinct + -ual.

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APA

extinctual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extinctual

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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