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Meaning of privative adjective

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

privative

Pronunciation:/ˈprɪvətɪv/

noun

Definitions

  1. Something that causes privation or indicates an absence

adjective

Definitions

  1. Causing privation; depriving

  2. Consisting in the absence of something; negative

  3. (grammar) indicating the absence of something

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/privative

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