privative

Example Sentences

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But Dr Bhar, a cosmetic surgeon who runs a privative clinic in Harley Street London, disagrees with the ban.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2022

He contended that cold was probably only privative, and not a positive existence.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

All the power they can have is cumulative, not privative; for the worse condition of a ruler ought not to be by procuring.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

Evil, then, in its formal concept is nothing positive; it is essentially negative, or rather privative.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

The evil in matter is due to its negative or privative aspect as the formless, which makes it the cause of defect and evil.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac