Thesaurus: privative

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1. a. Causing privation; depriving.
2. a. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
3. a. word/implying">Implying word/privation">privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less.
4. n. That of which the essence is the absence of something.
5. n. A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.
6. n. A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.
7. 1. Causing privation; depriving. 2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative. Privative blessings, blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity. Jer. Taylor. 3. (Gram.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. un-, non-, -less. 1. That of which the essence is the absence of something. Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives. Bacon. 2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term. 3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.
8. Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to aword; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to suchprefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. un-, non-, -less.
9. a. word/causing">Causing word/privation">privation; depriving. a. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative. a. Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less. n. That of which the essence is the absence of something. n. A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term. n. A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.