nonaffinitive

N1O1N1A1F4F4I1N1I1T1I1V4E1

adjective

Not affinitive; Showing little or no affinity.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adjectivenonaffinitive (comparative more nonaffinitive, superlative most nonaffinitive)

comparative more nonaffinitive · superlative most nonaffinitive

  1. Not affinitive; Showing little or no affinity.

    A first sign of international interest from nonaffinitive circles came from Berlin.

    2008, Arie Theodorus van Deursen, The Distinctive Character of the Free University in Amsterdam, 1880-2005, page 70
    2 more examples

    In contrast, a water-repellent substance, for example, fluoric resin or Teflon, is extremely nonaffinitive with the oily oxime hydrochlorides and has a nature to repel it.

    1969, B. Albertson, Photochemical Processes, page 84

    the social division of labor here is imposed on individuals as an elemental force, and under these conditions it is precisely "nonaffinitive," alienated labor that is the dominant form.

    1973, V.I. Shinkaruk, “The Philosophical Teachings of GS Skovoroda (On His 250th Anniversary)”, in Soviet Studies in Philosophy, volume 12, number 2

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: nonaffinitive on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.