negativism
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negativism (ˈnɛɡətɪvˌɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a tendency to be or a state of being unconstructively critical |
| 2. | any sceptical or derisive system of thought |
| 3. | psychiatry refusal to do what is expected or suggested or the tendency to do the opposite |
| 'negativist | |
| —n, —adj | |
| negativ'istic | |
| —adj | |
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Negativism
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
negativism neg·a·tiv·ism (něg'ə-tĭ-vĭz'əm)
n.
A tendency to do the opposite of what one is requested to do, or to resist stubbornly for no apparent reason.
neg'a·tiv·ist n.
neg'a·tiv·is'tic adj.
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Example sentences
Doesn't the left realize that all this negativism is self defeating.
Certainly there is much to be done, but fearfulness and negativism is a sure path to failure.
We see a lot of negativism, and it has an impact on us.
Today, we're going to be that nattering nabob of negativism.
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