meaning of privative
1. Causing privation; depriving.
2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
3. 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.
4. That of which the essence is the absence of something.
5. A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.
6. A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a. , 3.
Related Words
privative | privatively | privativeness |
