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

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

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

This is a calumny against presbyterial government, which is neither privative nor contradistinct, but cumulative to congregational government; and the congregational is a part of that government which is comprehended under the name of presbyterial.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

Its negative or rather privative effect cannot but be bad; if its positive effect is always as good as the works of Mrs. Craik, it will be fortunate.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George