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

But the absence of good, taken in a privative sense, is an evil; as, for instance, the privation of sight is called blindness.

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

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

Ex, Latin prefix; privative in place of "e" when next letter is a vowel.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Strictly speaking, desire, as a conscious fact, has in it always a negative aspect, a privative aspect,—we desire when we are incomplete, when we lack.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)