Found 1 items, similar to privative term.
English → English (gcide) Definition: privative term Privative \Priv"a*tive\, n. [1913 Webster] 1. That of which the essence is the absence of something. [1913 Webster] Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term. [1913 Webster] 3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3. [1913 Webster]