| 单词 | negative capability |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnegative capability negative capability n. (Keats's term for) the ability to accept mystery and uncertainty rather than trying to rationalize it, regarded as a quality of a creative artist; (now also, more generally) empathy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [noun] > negative capability negative capability1817 1817 J. Keats Let. c21 Dec. (1958) I. 193 It struck me, what quality went to form a Man of Achievement especially in Literature & which Shakespeare possessed so enormously—I mean Negative Capability, that is when man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts without any irritable reaching after fact & reason. 1944 M. McLuhan Let. 17 Jan. (1987) 147 I have cultivated a sort of ‘negative capability’, trying to achieve a readiness. 1964 S. Barnet et al. Dict. Lit. Terms 97 Negative capability is sometimes identified with empathy, sometimes with objectivity. 2000 Business Rev. Weekly 14 Apr. 80/1 The secrets of management success often lie in what is not said: the executive equivalent of ‘negative capability’. < as lemmas |
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