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negativist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun negativist has 2 senses
- negativist(n = noun.person) Array - someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked; Array is a kind of balker, baulker, noncompliant
- negativist(n = noun.person) defeatist - someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions; Array is a kind of pessimist
Derived form noun negativism1
THESAURUS
negativist
Cassandra, Eeyore, bitter-ender, brawler, calamity howler, cynic, defeatist, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, filibuster, filibusterer, frustrater, hinderer, impeder, intransigent, irreconcilable, killjoy, last-ditcher, litigant, malist, marplot, naysayer, nihilist, noncooperator, objector, obstructer, obstructionist, obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, pessimist, plaintiff, prophet of doom, protester, quarreler, resister, retreatist, scrapper, seek-sorrow, thwarter, worrywart, wrangler
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