alienans

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eɪli.ənænz/

Adjective

alienans (not comparable)

Examples (alienans adjectives)

purported contract
alleged perpetrator
forged passport
expectant mother
fantasy partner

  1. (rhetoric, philosophy, of a grammatical modifier, especially an adjective) Negating, denying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.
    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.
    In the case of "brown duck", "brown" is not an alienans adjective.

Noun

alienans (plural alienans)

  1. (rhetoric, philosophy) An alienans adjective.

See also

References

Alienans. (n.d.). The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Retrieved August 22, 2007, from Answers.com Web site: http://www.answers.com/topic/alienans

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of aliēnō.

Participle

aliēnāns m or f or n (genitive aliēnantis); third declension

  1. alienating

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative aliēnāns aliēnāns aliēnantēs aliēnantia
Genitive aliēnantis aliēnantis aliēnantium aliēnantium
Dative aliēnantī aliēnantī aliēnantibus aliēnantibus
Accusative aliēnantem aliēnāns aliēnantēs, aliēnantīs aliēnantia
Ablative aliēnante, aliēnantī1 aliēnante, aliēnantī1 aliēnantibus aliēnantibus
Vocative aliēnāns aliēnāns aliēnantēs aliēnantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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