PRIVATIVE (2)

Priv″a‐tive, n. 1. 1. That of which the essence is the absence of something.
Blackness and darkness are indeed but privatives. Bacon. 2. 2. (Logic) A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; — called also privative term.
3. 3. (Gram.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.