negativism
English
noun
Definitions
- A persistent pessimistic or skeptical attitude.
- A stubborn tendency to do the opposite of what one is asked.
Etymology
Suffix from English negative.
Origin
English
negative
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- binegative English
- connegative English
- electronegative English
- homonegative English
- hypernegative English
- immunonegative English
- internegative English
- negatival English
- negative English
- negative lookahead English
- negative lookaround English
- negative lookbehind English
- negatively English
- negativeness English
- negativist English
- negativistic English
- negativity English
- negativization English
- negativize English
- non-negative English
- nonnegative English
- photonegative English
- polynegative English
- pseudonegative English
- seronegative English
- socionegative English
- stereonegative English
- vironegative English
- ネガ Japanese
- ネガティブ Japanese
- negative Middle English
- negative
- negatival
- negativize
- negativity
- negativist
- negatively
- binegative
- connegative
- nonnegative
- negativistic
- seronegative
- vironegative
- homonegative
- non-negative
- negativeness
- polynegative
- hypernegative
- internegative
- photonegative
- socionegative
- negativization
- immunonegative
- pseudonegative
- stereonegative
- electronegative
- negative lookahead
- negative lookaround
- negative lookbehind