privative

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2022

Asoca, from a, privative, and soka, grief: a play of words, as when Helen, in Euripides, is called 'Ελενασ, the destroyer of ships.'

From Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Milman, Henry Hart

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

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

E: as prefix, is privative and means without.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.