Pronunciations
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/ˈeɪli.ənænz/
Adjective
Negating, denying, modifying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.
Usage- not-comparable
- rhetoric
- of a grammatical modifier
- Examples
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More examples (1)
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.
Noun
An alienans adjective.
Usage- rhetoric