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

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

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

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

In general perfection is positive, it is an absolute reality; defect is privative, it comes from limitation and tends towards new privations.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.

As has been shown in the first chapter, every thought is made up of a positive and a privative, and it is absurd and unnatural to separate the one from the other.

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison