Associations to the word «Privative»

Wiktionary

PRIVATIVE, adjective. Causing privation; depriving.
PRIVATIVE, adjective. Consisting in the absence of something; negative.
PRIVATIVE, adjective. (grammar) Indicating the absence of something.
PRIVATIVE, noun. Something that causes privation or indicates an absence.
PRIVATIVE A, noun. (grammar) An alpha privative
PRIVATIVE AS, noun. Plural of privative a

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley