alienans

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

• modal
• modality

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

• Annalise, alanines, annalise

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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.