Abnegative
//æbˈnɛɡətɪv// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Denying; renouncing; negative obsolete, rare
"There is rather in their faces a quiet , baffling , negative , and abnegative expression , which certainly is as far from happy content as it is from desperate rebellion"
Example
More examples"There is rather in their faces a quiet , baffling , negative , and abnegative expression , which certainly is as far from happy content as it is from desperate rebellion"
Etymology
From Latin abnegativus.
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