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negativism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun negativism has 1 sense
- negativism(n = noun.attribute) negativeness, negativity - characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands; Array is a kind of quality
Derived form noun negativist2
OXFORD DICTIONARY
negativism, n.
1 a negative position or attitude; extreme scepticism, criticism, etc.
2 denial of accepted beliefs.
1 a negative position or attitude; extreme scepticism, criticism, etc.
2 denial of accepted beliefs.
Derivative
negativist n. negativistic adj.
THESAURUS
negativism
abnegation, alienation, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, blame-shifting, blockage, blocking, challenge, check, clogging, closing up, closure, combative reaction, compensation, complaint, constriction, counteraction, cramp, cynicism, decompensation, defeatism, defense mechanism, defiance, delay, demur, dereism, dereistic thinking, detainment, detention, dismalness, displacement, dispute, dissent, dissentience, dissociation, emotional insulation, escape, escape into fantasy, escape mechanism, escapism, fantasizing, fantasy, fixation, flight, foot-dragging, fractiousness, gloominess, gloomy outlook, hampering, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, impediment, inhibition, interference, interruption, isolation, let, malism, nay, naysaying, negation, negative, negative attitude, negativeness, negativity, nihilism, nix, no, noncooperation, nuisance value, objection, obstinacy, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, overcompensation, passive resistance, pessimism, projection, protest, psychotaxis, rationalization, reaction, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, refractoriness, reluctance, remonstrance, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repression, repulse, repulsion, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, retreatism, revolt, setback, sociological adjustive reactions, squeeze, stand, stranglehold, stricture, sublimation, substitution, suppression, uncheerfulness, uncooperativeness, wish-fulfillment fantasy, wishful thinking, withdrawal, withstanding
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