Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The characteristic of being pessimistic or contrarian.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Negative sentiment.

    the character of the negative electric pole

  3. (countable, uncountable)The characteristic of having a negative charge.

    Negativität

Examples

24 sentences
  1. Tom's constant negativity just sows doubt in everyone.

    Негатив, який Том весь час випромінює, лише сіє сумніви в інших.

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  2. Don't bring negativity home with you.

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  3. Toxic people like to spread negativity around.

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  4. I am disgusted by their constant negativity.

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  5. He was eventually pulled into that negativity.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
characteristic of having a negative charge:

Forms

plural: negativities
Singularnegativity
Pluralnegativities

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an amount less than zero:negativeness
  • characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands:negativenessnegativism
  • the character of the negative electric pole:negativeness
  • (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond:electronegativity

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

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