'privative term' definitions:

Definition of 'privative term'

From: GCIDE
  • Privative \Priv"a*tive\, n. [1913 Webster]
  • 1. That of which the essence is the absence of something. [1913 Webster]
  • Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3. [1913 Webster]