privative

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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

For absence of good can be taken in a privative and in a negative sense.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

The names called privative, therefore, connote two things; the absence of certain attributes, and the presence of others, from which the presence also of the former might naturally have been expected.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart

The meaning of the expression "Knowledge of God" is the ascertaining the truth of His existence, and of His positive and privative attributes, as far as the human understanding can enter into these matters.

From The Faith of Islam by Sell, Edward

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