negativity

English

Etymology

From negative +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɛ.ɡəˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/

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• Rhymes: -tɪvɪti
• Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ti‧vi‧ty

Noun

negativity (countable and uncountable, plural negativities)

1. The characteristic of being pessimistic or contrarian.
2. Negative sentiment.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎, page 7:

     Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers.

3. (physics) The characteristic of having a negative charge.

Synonyms

• negativeness

Antonyms

• positivity

Derived terms

• electronegativity
• homonegativity
• immunonegativity
• negativity bias
• negativity thinking
• nonnegativity
• seronegativity
• sex negativity, sex-negativity

Translations

characteristic of having a negative charge

Bulgarian: отрицателност (otricatelnost) Catalan: negativitat f Finnish: negatiivisuus (fi) German: Negativität (de) f Latin: negātīvitās f Maori: tōrarotanga Romanian: negativitate (ro) f Serbo-Croatian: negatívnōst (sh) f Spanish: negatividad (es) f Turkish: olumsuzluk (tr), negatiflik

characteristic of being pessimistic

Bulgarian: негативизъм (bg) m (negativizǎm) Catalan: negativitat f Finnish: kielteisyys (fi), negatiivisuus (fi) Latin: negātīvitās f Serbo-Croatian: negatívnōst (sh) f Slovak: negatívnosť Spanish: negatividad (es) f

Anagrams

• agentivity