privative

adj. causing deprivation; denying, depriving, withholding; making negative, indicating negation

n. word indicating the negative, word of negation (Grammar)

A privative, named from Latin , "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.
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adj. privative, causing deprivation; denying, depriving, withholding; making negative, indicating negation

n. privative, word indicating the negative, word of negation (Grammar)

adj. privative, denying, depriving, withholding

(n.)
That of which the essence is the absence of something.
  

(n.)
A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.
  

(n.)
A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.
  

(a.)
Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less.
  

(a.)
Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
  

(a.)
Causing privation; depriving.