( a. )
Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism.
( a. )
Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012