Recusative
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɪˈkjuːzətɪv/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Recusative is an adjective meaning (linguistics) Including the word 'not' (or its equivalent).
Meaning
(linguistics) Including the word 'not' (or its equivalent).
More Meanings
- (obsolete, rare) Refusing; denying; rejecting of the norm.
Example Sentences
it is acquisitive and effective , or recusative and destructive , otherwise than it is in any other faculties
On Tír, it was only the recusative priests who painted their faces —they painted them black, along with the palms of their hands
In recusative negation the negative element is separable from the rest of the utterance which can act as an autonomous non-negative utterance.
Exceptions are found in some Central/North Dravidian languages which developed a recusative type of negation under the influence of Indo-Aryan/Iranian languages.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abnegative, reluctant, renunciatory, rejectful, rejectaneous, renunciate.
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