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privative
adjective as in negative
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- abrogating
- annulling
- anti
- con
- contrary
- contravening
- denying
- disallowing
- disavowing
- dissenting
- gainsaying
- impugning
- invalidating
- jaundiced
- naysaying
- neutralizing
- nullifying
- opposing
- recusant
- refusing
- rejecting
- removed
- resisting
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The evil in matter is due to its negative or privative aspect as the formless, which makes it the cause of defect and evil.
Be-adab, unmannerly, a compound adjective (Hindustani) formed by prefixing the privative particle be- to the noun adab.
Name composed of - privative and , a bright surface, because the foliage is not shining.
Nearly as in Asclepias; but the hoods destitute of crest or horn (whence the name, from privative, and , a horn).
From - privative, and (Latin jugum), yoke, from the seeming absence of a yoke-fellow to the lower lip of the corolla.
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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to privative, such as: adverse, gloomy, pessimistic, unfavorable, weak, and abrogating.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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