English privative meaning in English  •  privative का अर्थ अंग्रेजी में

Adjective

• Causing privation; depriving.
• Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
• Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as >a- > (Gr. ), >un- >, >non- >, >-less</xe

Noun

• That of which the essence is the absence of something.
• A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term>.
• A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative>, a., 3.