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negativized

negativized is the simple past and past participle of negativize.

Meaning of negativize

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

Questions about negativized

What is negativized the simple past and past participle of?
Negativized is the simple past and past participle of negativize.

Words near negativized in the dictionary

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

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