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pseudonegative

pseudonegative adjective: resembling a negative state or condition.

Adjective

pseudonegative (not comparable)

  1. Resembling a negative state or condition.
    • The pseudonegative reaction must be carefully differentiated from the positive reaction. It is anaphylactic in nature and due to autolyzed diphtheria bacillus protein.1924, George Rudolph Herrmann, Methods in Medicine
    • The first paper, "The hypnotic induction of hallucinatory color vision followed by pseudonegative afterimages," introduces an ingenious experimental paradigm whereby Erickson is able to explore the genuineness of hallucinatory color vision.1980, Milton H. Erickson, Ernest Lawrence Rossi, The Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson on Hypnosis, page 1

Origin of pseudonegative

From pseudo- + negative.

Questions about pseudonegative

What does pseudonegative mean?
Pseudonegative means resembling a negative state or condition.
What part of speech is pseudonegative?
Pseudonegative is an adjective.

Words near pseudonegative in the dictionary

  1. pseudonavicula
  2. pseudonaviculae
  3. pseudonaviculas
  4. pseudoneck
  5. pseudonecks
  6. pseudonegative
  7. pseudoneglect
  8. pseudoneologism
  9. pseudoneologisms
  10. pseudoneonatal
  11. pseudoneuritic

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