| 单词 | negativity |
| 释义 | negativity (once / 37285 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n Negativity is a tendency to be downbeat, disagreeable, and skeptical. It's a pessimistic attitude that always expects the worst. Negative outcomes are bad outcomes, like losing a game, getting a disease, suffering an injury, or getting something stolen. Negativity is an attitude that always expects such negative things to happen. "I bet it'll rain during our picnic!" and "No one could ever love me!" are examples of negativity. "The world is getting worse and worse!" is negativity. Someone full of negativity is hard to cheer up, and they always expect the worst. The opposite of negativity is positivity. WORD FAMILYnegativity: negativities+/negate: negated, negates, negating, negation, negative/negation: negations/negative: negatived, negatively, negativeness, negatives, negativing, negativism, negativity, nonnegative/negativism: negativisms, negativist/negativist: negativists USAGE EXAMPLES“When I hear negativity,” Ms. Sullivan said, “I’m like, ‘O.K., but he’s very good here.’” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) “This is what America really thrives on is jurors that really care. They’re not caught up in negativity.” Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) The researchers also found that parents who mistake their adolescent’s vulnerable emotions for negativity may place them at greater risk for developing delinquent behaviors. Time(Dec 16, 2016) 1 n habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands 2Syn|Ant|Hyper negativeness, negativism positiveness, positivism, positivity a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone n the character of the negative electric pole 3Syn|Ant|Hyper negativeness positiveness, positivity the character of the positive electric pole polarity, sign having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) n an amount less than zero 4Syn|Ant|Hyper negativeness positiveness, positivity an amount greater than zero amount the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion n (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond Syn|Hyper electronegativity inclination, tendency a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect |
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