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privative

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) privative (adjective)
  2. 2) privative (noun)
  3. privative intercession (noun)
  4. privative jurisdiction (noun)
  5. privative proposition (noun)
  6. alpha privative (noun)

1priv·a·tive

adj \ˈpri-və-tiv\

Definition of PRIVATIVE

: constituting or predicating privation or absence of a quality <non- is a privative prefix>
— priv·a·tive·ly adverb

First Known Use of PRIVATIVE

14th century

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