Meaning Of The Word Privative

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privative in American English
a privative term or affix, as a-2 (sense 3), un-, non-, or , -less
depriving or tending to deprive
adjective: causing, or tending to cause, deprivation
noun: a privative element, as a- in asymmetric

privative in British English
adjective: causing privation

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