Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Denying; negative.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Denying; renouncing; negative.

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  • adjective rare : Denying; renouncing; negative - Clarke

Etymologies

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Latin abnegativus

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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.

    The Trials and Tribulations of Teaching 2006

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