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negativity

/ˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/noun5 syllables

Negativity means: characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands.

Synonyms for negativity3

noun, as in characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands

negativeness, negativism

noun, as in the character of the negative electric pole

negativeness

noun, as in an amount less than zero

negativeness

noun, as in (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond

electronegativity

Opposites of negativity

positivity

What does negativity mean?4

noun

1

characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands

2

the character of the negative electric pole

3

an amount less than zero

4

(chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with negativity?8

four syllables

five syllables

productivitycreativityrelativityconductivityexclusivity
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Negativity in a sentence

  • Positivity is the way to go, not negativity.unknown
  • Sami brought so much negativity to the work environment.OsoHombre
  • Mennad wanted to eliminate all the negativity in his life.OsoHombre
  • Daniel had enough negativity in his life already.Amastan
  • Yuri doesn't want to dump his negativity on his friends.Amastan
  • I can't put up with your constant negativity.Nuel
  • Instead of encouraging growth, the English teacher's negativity stunts the progress of foreign learners.Amastan
  • Ziri was sucked into Rima's world of perpetual emotional negativity.Amastan

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Forms of negativity

as a noun

plural
negativities