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alienans

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈeɪli.ənænz/
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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rhetoric

Qualifier: especially an adjective

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

An alienans adjective.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rhetoric

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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