privative in English

adjective

1

(of an action or state) marked by the absence, removal, or loss of some quality or attribute that is normally present.

Evil is merely privative , not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat.

noun

1

a privative attribute, quality, or proposition.

But privative terms in their character of privatives admit of no subdivision.

Use "privative" in a sentence

1. Atomism [a privative and temnein to cut, i.e

2. Atomism [a privative and temnein to cut, i.e

3. ‘The privative and Benefactive suffixes should have vowels (a and e) written with underdots.’

4. ‘The privative and Benefactive suffixes should have vowels (a and e) written with underdots.’

5. Behead Meaning: "kill by decapitation," Old English beheafdian, from be-, here with privative force, + heafod "head"… See definitions of Behead.

6. <a-> 'he, this' -- Old Avestan: Yasna 29 (continued) Old Avestan: Yasna 30 -- a gatha about reward and punishment <a-> (privative) -- [Pokorny 1

7. Aboulia or abulia (from the Greek βουλή, meaning "will", with the prefix a- used as a privative), in neurology, refers to a lack of will or initiative and can be seen as a …

8. ἀ-, privative, and στῦλος, a column) is an architectural term given to a class of design in which neither columns nor pilasters are used for decorative purposes; thus the Riccardi and Strozzi palaces in Florence are Astylar in their design, in contradistinction …

9. ἀ-, privative, and στῦλος, a column), an architectural term given to a class of design in which neither columns nor pilasters are used for decorative purposes; thus the Ricardi and Strozzi palaces in Florence are Astylar in their design, in contradistinction to Palladio’s palaces at Vicenza, which are columnar.

10. ἀ-, privative, and στῦλος, a column) is an architectural term given to a class of design in which neither columns nor pilasters are used for decorative purposes; thus the Riccardi and Strozzi palaces in Florence are Astylar in their design, in contradistinction to Palladio's palaces at Vicenza, which are columnar.

11. ἀ-, privative, and στῦλος, a column) is an architectural term given to a class of design in which neither columns nor pilasters are used for decorative purposes; thus the Riccardi and Strozzi palaces in Florence are Astylar in their design, in contradistinction to Palladio's palaces at Vicenza, which are columnar.

12. á¼€-, privative, and σÏ"ῦÎ"ος, a column) is an architectural term given to a class of design in which neither columns nor pilasters are used for decorative purposes; thus the Riccardi and Strozzi palaces in Florence are Astylar in their design,