Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Marked by renunciation; renunciatory.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used especially of behavior
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Examples
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His creed of determinism was such that it almost amounted to a vice, and quite amounted, on its negative side, to a renunciative philosophy which had cousinship with that of Schopenhauer and Leopardi.
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His creed of determinism was such that it almost amounted to a vice, and quite amounted, on its negative side, to a renunciative philosophy which had cousinship with that of Schopenhauer and
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1884
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I have encountered numerous sadhus, or holy men, in India who live as renunciative beggars, yet waved their fists at me when they felt the donation I gave them was insufficient or others' attachment to the pilgrim's staff they carried was as prideful as many bikers are about their prized Harley-Davidsons.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ph.D. Mariana Caplan 2011
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