Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who exhibits negativism.

More definitions
  • someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked
  • someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions

Origin

From negative + -ist.

From negative + -ist.

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Forms

plural: negativists
Singularnegativist
Pluralnegativists

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions:defeatist

Word family

1 related words
Relatednegativism

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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