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NEGATIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does negativeness mean? 

NEGATIVENESS (noun)
  The noun NEGATIVENESS has 3 senses:

1. the character of the negative electric poleplay

2. characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commandsplay

3. an amount less than zeroplay

  Familiarity information: NEGATIVENESS used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEGATIVENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The character of the negative electric pole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

negativeness; negativity

Hypernyms ("negativeness" is a kind of...):

polarity; sign (having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges))

Antonym:

positiveness (the character of the positive electric pole)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

negativeness; negativism; negativity

Hypernyms ("negativeness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Antonym:

positiveness (a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness)

Derivation:

negative (expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial)

negative (having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant)


Sense 3

Meaning:

An amount less than zero

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

negativeness; negativity

Hypernyms ("negativeness" is a kind of...):

amount (the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion)

Antonym:

positiveness (an amount greater than zero)

Derivation:

negative (less than zero)


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