privative

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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

These are the "Sif�t-i-Sab�tiah," or affirmative attributes, the privation of which would imply loss; there are also Sif�t-i-Salbiah, or privative attributes, such as—God has no form, is not limited by place, has no equal, &c.

From The Faith of Islam by Sell, Edward

Asoca, from a, privative, and soka, grief: a play of words, as when Helen, in Euripides, is called 'Ελενασ, the destroyer of ships.'

From Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Milman, Henry Hart

Un is prefixed to all participles made privative adjectives, as unfeeling, unassisting, unaided, undelighted, unendeared.

From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel

The meaning of the expression "Knowledge of God" is the ascertaining the truth of His existence, and of His positive and privative attributes, as far as the human understanding can enter into these matters.

From The Faith of Islam by Sell, Edward