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nonaffinitive en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + affinitive.

Meanings

1. Not affinitive; Showing little or no affinity.
   • In contrast, a water-repellent substance, for example, fluoric resin or Teflon, is extremely nonaffinitive with the oily oxime hydrochlorides and has a nature to repel it. 1969, B. Albertson, Photochemical Processes, page 84:
   • the social division of labor here is imposed on individuals as an elemental force, and under these conditions it is precisely "nonaffinitive," alienated labor that is the dominant form. 1973, V.I. Shinkaruk, “The Philosophical Teachings of GS Skovoroda (On His 250th Anniversary)”, in Soviet Studies in Philosophy, volume 12, number 2:
   • A first sign of international interest from nonaffinitive circles came from Berlin. 2008, Arie Theodorus van Deursen, The Distinctive Character of the Free University in Amsterdam, 1880-2005, page 70:

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