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positivity

[ poz-i-tiv-i-tee ]

noun

, plural pos·i·tiv·i·ties.
  1. the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.
  2. something positive.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of positivity1

First recorded in 1650–60; positive + -ity

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Example Sentences

So in late June, as test positivity rates in Maryland dipped below 5 percent, the family headed to Kiawah Island.

It’s more of an overall notion of death positivity — an attitude that embraces, rather than runs away from.

Most major cities that have reintroduced restaurant dining are seeing lower positivity rates than they did during and shortly after the holidays.

From Eater

In Arizona, for example, many school districts are open for in-person instruction, even as the state posts one of the highest test positivity rates in the country, at close to 15 percent.

From Vox

The entire district may suspend in-person learning if the district positivity rate reaches 3 percent, “as established by our surveillance testing program,” Jackson said.

After all, hats have been part of his life for the past 22 years; passion and positivity fuel his business.

We choose darkness and negativity over positivity and light.

She was known for her positivity, cheerfulness, and sweet demeanor.

But Nietzsche understood resentment is a powerful, dangerous counterforce to any positivity police.

The fact that I just posted something about body positivity and it got the response it did, that was kind of absurd to me.

In every case the response was by induced galvanometric positivity at A (Fig. 171).

The induced electric change at A was now galvanometric positivity indicative of increase of turgor and expansion.

The corresponding electric response induced is galvanometric positivity of the proximal side.

The points of maximum positivity and negativity are situated symmetrically on the opposite sides of the organ.

Fatalism of this stamp is the natural and unavoidable issue of a born positivity of spirit, uninformed by scientific meditation.

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