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negativism
[ neg-uh-ti-viz-uhm ]
negativism
/ ˈnɛɡətɪvˌɪzəm /
noun
- a tendency to be or a state of being unconstructively critical
- any sceptical or derisive system of thought
- psychiatry refusal to do what is expected or suggested or the tendency to do the opposite
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Derived Forms
- ˌnegativˈistic, adjective
- ˈnegativist, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- nega·tiv·ist noun
- nega·tiv·istic adjective
- non·nega·tiv·ism noun
- nonneg·a·tiv·istic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of negativism1
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Example Sentences
“All he gets from Congress is negativism and carping,” says Dallek.
It is enough to make Agnewesque nattering nabobs of negativism proud.
Without it, the seeds of change and innovation will wither in a soil that is an arid mix of negativism and defeatism.
This is an admission that negativism is of the nature of resistance.
Negativism is a state of persistent compulsion to contrary response to suggestion.
The negativism and refusal to go to stool are the outcome of the nervous unrest, not its cause.
Fretfulness and negativism with all children whose management is at fault come in waves and cycles.
Thus the mother of the child in whom defæcation is inhibited by negativism may have made further observations.
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