Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "privative" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRIVATIVE

From Latin prīvātīvus indicating loss, negative.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF PRIVATIVE

privative  [ˈprɪvətɪv] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIVATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Privative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRIVATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Privative

A privative, named from Latin privare, "to deprive", is a particle that negates or inverts the value of the stem of the word. In Indo-European languages many privatives are prefixes; but they can also be suffixes, or more independent elements.

Definition of privative in the English dictionary

The first definition of privative in the dictionary is causing privation. Other definition of privative is expressing lack or negation, as for example the English suffix -less and prefix un-. Privative is also that predicates a logical privation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRIVATIVE


administrative
ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv
alternative
ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv
antiderivative
ˌæntɪdɪˈrɪvətɪv
conservative
kənˈsɜːvətɪv
cooperative
kəʊˈɒpərətɪv
curvative
ˈkɜːvətɪv
decorative
ˈdɛkərətɪv
deprivative
dɪˈprɪvətɪv
derivative
dɪˈrɪvətɪv
enervative
ˈenəvətɪv
initiative
ɪˈnɪʃɪətɪv
negative
ˈnɛɡətɪv
neo-conservative
ˌniːəʊkənˈsɜːvətɪv
nonconservative
ˌnɒnkənˈsɜːvətɪv
nonderivative
ˌnɒndɪˈrɪvətɪv
observative
əbˈzɜːvətɪv
preservative
prɪˈzɜːvətɪv
relative
ˈrɛlətɪv
representative
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
ultraconservative
ˌʌltrəkənˈsɜːvətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIVATIVE

private-equity company
privateer
privateersman
privately
privately owned
privateness
privates
privation
privatisation
privatise
privatised
privatiser
privatism
privatist
privatively
privatization
privatization issue
privatize
privatized
privatizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIVATIVE

active
affirmative
comparative
creative
cumulative
illustrative
imperative
in the negative
indicative
informative
innovative
investigative
legislative
narrative
native
normative
operative
qualitative
quantitative
sales representative
tentative

Synonyms and antonyms of privative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «privative» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF PRIVATIVE

Find out the translation of privative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of privative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «privative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

剥夺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

privativa
570 millions of speakers

English

privative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नकारात्मक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المانع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

привативная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

privativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভাবসূচক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

privative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Swasta
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

privative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

privative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

결핍
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Privat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chỉ sự không có
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இன்மை நிலைமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाजगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

olumsuzluk eki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

privativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

privative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пріватівной
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

privativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στερητικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

priva
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

privative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

privative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of privative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIVATIVE»

The term «privative» is regularly used and occupies the 58.784 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
73
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «privative» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of privative
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «privative».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIVATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «privative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «privative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about privative

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIVATIVE»

Discover the use of privative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to privative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Aristotelian Logic
A privative term is a term whose definition signifies the absence or lack of a quality that is normally present. Examples of privative terms are: "stupid" (lacking intelligence), "blind" (lacking sight), "lame", and "deaf". These privative terms are  ...
William Thomas Parry, Edward A. Hacker, 1991
2
Federal Administrative Law
PRIVATIVE CLAUSES Introduction [10.26] Since parliament is supreme, as a general principle a statute can confer any immunity that it likes. This immunity is referred to as statutory immunity (and is to be distinguished from the immunity of the ...
Christopher Enright, 2001
3
The Least Examined Branch: The Role of Legislatures in the ...
I will discuss three approaches that Commonwealth judges have taken to the privative clause: the English or ... and the Canadian or “deferential” approach, which understands the privative clause as one kind of signal Parliament can send ...
Richard W. Bauman, Tsvi Kahana, 2006
4
Australian Administrative Law: Fundamentals, Principles and ...
What Australian administrative lawyers can learn from the debate in the UK relates to how the High Court might be likely to approach this nascent breed of privative clause. It appears that this new type of privative clause is intended to force the ...
Matthew Groves, H. P. Lee, 2007
5
Grundzüge Der Phonologie. English
Finally, if from the standpoint of the functioning of the phonemic system neither d nor t can be considered unmarked, the opposition t-d must be regarded as equipollent.7 The classification of concrete oppositions into gradual or privative ...
Prince Nikolai Sergeevich TRUBETSKOI, 1969
6
Boethius: On Aristotle on Interpretation 4-6
For a privative affirmation does not follow a simple negation. For if it is true to say that man is not just, it is not at all true that man is unjust. For it is true to say about a horse that it is not a just man (for what isn't a man at all, isn't a just man), but it ...
Boethius,, 2014
7
Presuppositions and Discourse: Essays Offered to Hans Kamp
(9) Privative adjectives: For each privative adjective meaning ADJu, &'Qos,oe, tWW'xe[ADJu(Q)(x)-:[3Q(x)]] The privative adjectives (fake, counterfeit) have a '' negative'' meaning postulate; a fake gun is not a gun. On this familiar classification, ...
Rainer Bäuerle, U. Reyle, Thomas Ede Zimmermann, 2010
8
The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and ...
These may doubtless be considered as so many testimonies from the oracles of God that the abstract nature of sin is privative." (p. 8.) " But sin is not one of the works of the Lord. It is a privation, an absence, a defect. It is not among the number ...
‎1806
9
The Cambridge History of the English Language
5.5.2.1 .2 Reversative and privative (de-, dis-, un-) Un- is the most common prefix in Early Modern English to convey reversa- tive and privative (objective or ablative) senses. It marks the reversal of verbal action (undo), and either removal of ...
Roger Lass, 2000
10
The Generative Lexicon
expressions of the same underlying role, namely a privative stative event. Assume that the noun death is the privative of life, and illness is the privative of health, and so on. The phrasal expression of this role, losing one's life, is also privative, ...
James Pustejovsky, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIVATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term privative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Can in-house counsel be summoned by the AMF to testify in an …
The “privative clauses” contained in the AMF legislation effectively prohibited a challenge of the kind initiated by Me X (not a challenge ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
2
Judicial Review: Umpire's Decision Upheld
Here, the court found the ATAto apply and, further, that the umpire's home statute, the Insurance Act, contained such a 'privative clause' since, ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
3
Solicitor-Client Privilege: The Quebec Securities Regulator Can …
The AMF also argued that the Quebec Act respecting the Autorité des marchés financiers contained a privative clause, which prevented courts ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
4
This REIT Is Backed By Cyber Security Properties (OFC)
This one needs Donald T. Duck to win the election and privative more federal buildings to become viable long-term. I was hoping to steer from ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
5
School district may outsource substitutes
Amara compared it to the district having to privative busing and crossing guards to save money in years past, as well to his current efforts to ... «Bristol Press, Jul 15»
6
Brandt Tractor Ltd. v. Claypool
The parties, and Court, agreed that as a result of the combination of the privative clause contained in the Act and s. 58 of the Administrative ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
7
The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review Victorian security of …
The Relevant Section is a privative provision (in contrast with similar provisions under the NSW security of payment legislation) and when ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
8
We should not be afraid
Mgr Mercieca's cri de guerre was a privative mockery of the Polish Pope's non abbiate paura (do not be afraid), for it enjoined nothing other ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
9
Explainer: what is 'judicial review'? How does it apply to citizenship?
In 2001, the Howard government introduced a privative clause into the Migration Act in an attempt to effectively end any proper judicial review ... «The Conversation AU, Jun 15»
10
Lincoln library plan moves to Illinois Senate floor for vote
Bruce Rauner's proposal to privative business development functions in the state. The Republican administration's talks with Democrats on that ... «mySanAntonio.com, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Privative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/privative>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z