negativity
Syllables: ne·ga·ti·vi·ty/ˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/
negativity noun: the characteristic of being pessimistic or contrarian.
Noun
negativity (countable and uncountable, plural negativities)
- The characteristic of being pessimistic or contrarian.
- Negative sentiment.
- Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 7
- The characteristic of having a negative charge.
negativity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
negativity in Hindi
- negativity
- नकारात्मकता nakārātmaktā
negativity in Tamil
- எதிரும் போக்கு, எதிர்மை, எதிர்கோண்மை, எதிர்மின்மத் தன்மை, எதிர் மின்னூட்டத்தின் பண்பு, வழக்கமாயுள்ள தொடர் ஐயம்
negativity in Marathi
- negativity
- नकारात्मकता nakārātmaktā
negativity in Urdu
- منفییت
More languagesFewer languages
- negativity in Bengali
- নেতিবাচকতা
- negativity in Malayalam
- വിപരീതത്വം, വിപരീതമായിരിക്കുന്ന അവസ്ഥ, നിഷേധാത്മക നിലപാട്, ദോഷാനുദർശനം
- negativity in Kannada
- ಋಣಾತ್ಮಕತೆ
- negativity in Punjabi
- ਨਕਾਰਾਤਮਕਤਾ, ਨੈਗੇਟਿਵਤਾ
- negativity in Gujarati
- નકારાત્મકતા
- negativity in Odia
- ନକରାତ୍ମକତା
- negativity in Nepali
- नकारात्मकता
Synonyms of negativity
Antonyms
Forms of negativity
| plural | negativities |
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Origin of negativity
From negative + -ity.
Words formed from negativity
Phrases with negativity
Questions about negativity
- What does negativity mean?
- Negativity means the characteristic of being pessimistic or contrarian.
- What is negativity in Hindi?
- Negativity in Hindi is नकारात्मकता (nakārātmaktā). See Negativity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is negativity?
- Negativity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce negativity?
- Negativity is pronounced /ˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/.
- What is the plural of negativity?
- The plural of negativity is negativities.
Words near negativity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: negativity (page history and authors); नकारात्मकता (Hindi) (page history and authors); negativity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नकारात्मकता (Marathi) (page history and authors); negativity (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); negativity (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); negativity (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); negativity (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); negativity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); negativity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); negativity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); negativity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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