PRIVATIVE


Meaning of PRIVATIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprɪvətɪv ]

adj. 1 consisting in or marked by the loss or removal or absence of some quality or attribute. 2 (of a term) denoting the privation or absence of a quality etc. 3 Gram. (of a particle etc.) expressing privation, as Gk a- = 'not'. øøprivatively adv. [F privatif -ive or L privativus (as PRIVATION)]

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