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privative
adj. causing deprivation; denying, depriving, withholding; making negative, indicating negation
 
n. word indicating the negative, word of negation (Grammar)

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Privative
A privative, named from Latin , "to deprive", is a particle that negates or inverts the value of the stem of the word. In Indo-European languages many privatives are prefixes; but they can also be suffixes, or more independent elements.

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privatif
adj. privative, causing deprivation; denying, depriving, withholding; making negative, indicating negation
 
privatif
nm. privative, word indicating the negative, word of negation (Grammar)

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privativo
adj. privative, denying, depriving, withholding

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Privative
(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.
  
 
(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.
  
 
(a.)
Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
  
 
(a.)
Causing privation; depriving.
  

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