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Usurpatory

U-surp′a-to-ry

,
Adj.
[L.
usurpatorius
.]
Marked by usurpation; usurping.
[R.]

Definition 2024


usurpatory

usurpatory

English

Adjective

usurpatory (comparative more usurpatory, superlative most usurpatory)

  1. Tending to usurp.
    • 2008 March 21, Bernd Buldt, Benedikt Löwe and Thomas Müller, “Towards a New Epistemology of Mathematics”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, DOI:10.1007/s10670-008-9101-6:
      Kant was concerned about certain metaphysical notions, but we think that usurpatory concepts reflect a general phenomenon of language as it evolves over time.
  2. Of or resulting from usurpation.