http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/negativelydefined Questions tagged with 'negativelydefined' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:07:55 -0800 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:07:55 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/35909/A%2Dsingle%2Dword%2Dwhich%2Dmeans%2Dnegatively%2Ddefined Is there a single word which means "negatively defined" (or "defined by its opposite" or "defined by not being other things" or "defined by the absence of something")? In English if you can manage (I cannot think of one), but maybe in another language? German perhaps? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.35909 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:07:55 -0800 absence definition language meaning negativelydefined word words unknowncommand