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

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

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

Here also it is demonstrated how the privative nature of evil should be understood.

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

Its negative or rather privative effect cannot but be bad; if its positive effect is always as good as the works of Mrs. Craik, it will be fortunate.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George

Mr. Max M�ller looks for the origin of the word in a, privative, and da, to bind; thus Aditi will mean "the boundless," the "infinite," a theory rejected by M. Regnaud.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew