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privative
1. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
2. Indicating the absence or negation of some quality.
3. Consisting in, or characterized by, the taking away, loss, or lack of something.
2. Indicating the absence or negation of some quality.
3. Consisting in, or characterized by, the taking away, loss, or lack of something.
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alpha privative
In Greek grammar, a prefix having negaitive or privative force, as in atheos, "godless".
A-, an-, as prefixed to terms or stems of Greek or Latin origin, often means "apart from" or "not concerned with"; for example, an amoral approach to economics is one that is "not concerned with moral issues".
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