ə adjective
1.
causing, or tending to cause, deprivation.
2.
consisting in or characterized by the taking away, loss, or lack of something.
3.
Grammar. indicating negation or absence.
noun
4.
Grammar. a privative element, as a- in asymmetric.
5.
something that is deprived.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | causing privation |
| 2. | expressing lack or negation, as for example the English suffix -less and prefix un- |
| 3. | obsolete logic (of a proposition) that predicates a logical privation |
| [C16: from Latin prīvātīvus indicating loss, negative] | |
| 'privatively | |
| —adv | |
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privative
1590, "expressing negation" (as the prefixes un-, a-, etc.), from L. privativus "denoting privation, negative," from privatus, pp. of privare (see private).
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