It is known as self-denial to the action or attitude of giving up desires or interests for the benefit of other people. The term abnegation is of Latin origin “abnegatio“. Self-denial can be seen as a sacrifice on the part of the individual to give up their own interests or things desired and valued […]

Abiotic is the medium that does not allow to receive any living being. The abiotic term is composed of the vowel “a” which means “negation” and “biotic” that expresses “life”, therefore the abiotic word indicates “lifeless”. The abiotic term is the antonym of biotic, which is the environment where life exists and, […]

Abiogenesis is the theory about the origin of life that postulates that it is produced by spontaneous generation. The first record of the emergence of the theory of abiogenesis as the origin of life dates back to 300 BC with Aristotle, who postulates the origin of life by spontaneous generation thanks […]

The ordered series of letters or graphic signs of a language is known as an alphabet. The word, as such, comes from the late Latin abecedarium, which is derived from the name of the first four letters of the alphabet: a, be, ce and de. The alphabet is the set of spellings that are used […]

Abdicating is the act by which a king or prince renounces or generally relinquishes the right to sovereign title. Etymologically, the word comes from the Latin abdicāre. In Roman Law, the term was used to refer to dispossessing or lowering a person of his condition, status, or of some right, faculty or power. Hence, abdication can […]