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negativize

negativize verb: to make negative.

Verb

negativize (third-person singular simple present negativizes, present participle negativizing, simple past and past participle negativized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make negative.
    • It is possible to negativize dame and say dame zya nai 'it isn't no-good', to deny dame' da; but you can not negativize ikenai, so that instead of *ikenaku nai you will say wa'ruku nai 'it isn't bad'.2004, Samuel Elmo Martin, A reference grammar of Japanese, page 80

Forms of negativize

third-person singular presentnegativizes
present participlenegativizing
past participlenegativized
pastnegativized
alternative formnegativise

Origin of negativize

From negative + -ize.

Questions about negativize

What does negativize mean?
Negativize means to make negative.
What part of speech is negativize?
Negativize is a verb.
What is the past tense of negativize?
The past tense of negativize is negativized.

Words near negativize in the dictionary

  1. negativity bias
  2. negativity biases
  3. negativity thinking
  4. negativization
  5. negativizations
  6. negativize
  7. negativized
  8. negativizes
  9. negativizing
  10. negativo
  11. negatize

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