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negativity|nɛgəˈtɪvɪtɪ|
[f. as negative a. + -ity.]
The fact or quality of being negative.
1854Geo. Eliot tr. Feuerbach's Essence Christianity ii. 42 It is true that thus, negativity, as the speculative philosophers express themselves—nothing is the cause of the world. 1860in Worcester (citing Eclectic Review). 1865Grote Plato I. i. 31 The negativity or destructive interference of the universal process. 1882Nature 12 Jan. 258 Sudden negativity of under surface. 1899J. Caird Fundam. Ideas Chr. II. ix. 13 That universal negativity or nothingness which pertains to all finite agents alike. 1953R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 41 Had decided to my own satisfaction what it meant, in psychological terms: not tension, not active boredom—simply negativity. 1956D. Gascoyne Night Thoughts 17 The Tyrant Negativity has usurped power. 1975Times 24 Oct. 3/3 Rabies virus was not found in a man who died of the disease after intensive vaccine treatment... ‘The negativity of the finding..was perhaps the light at the end of the tunnel.’ |