Details of word PRIVATIVE

Definition of privative

a. - Causing 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.

Word "privative" contains 9 letters : A E I I P R T V V

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