Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Denying; negative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Denying; renouncing; negative.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare :
Denying ;renouncing ; negative - Clarke
Etymologies
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Latin abnegativus
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Examples
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Clearly, DFW embodies both a psychological and socialogical pedagogical paradigm which transcends prescriptive hierarchical linguistics to achieve self-abnegative egalitarianism without sacrificing ego, polysyllabism, power or pseudonymity.
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