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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting privative opposites. See privative.

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  • Privant means "of or relating to privation or a privant (noun). Noun: In traditional (esp. Ramist) logic: a statement in which a habit (habit n. 11) is denied by its privation (Oxford English Dictionary).

    June 29, 2011