negativityn.

Brit.

/ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: negative adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < negative adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French négativité (1838), German Negativität (1843 in the passage translated in quot. 1854).

The fact or quality of being negative; negativism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > negativity or negation

negation1620

negativeness1697

negativity1826

not-ness1933

negaholism1989

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > pessimism

pessimism1815

negativity1826

wet-blanketiveness1834

unsanguineness1841

nay-saying1893

gloom and doom1947

negaholism1989

1826 S. T. Coleridge ?21 July in Notebks. (1990) IV. 5416 The almost impossibility of Reformation but by Revolution = Luther: and then this again introduces the spirit of Negativity—Negamus: destruere oportet [&c.].

1854 M. Evans tr. L. Feuerbach Essence Christianity ii. 42 It is true that thus, negativity, as the speculative philosophers express themselves—nothing is the cause of the world.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 31 The negativity or destructive interference of the universal process.

1882 Nature 12 Jan. 258 Sudden negativity of under surface.

a1898 J. Caird Fund. Ideas Christianity (1899) II. ix. 13 That universal negativity or nothingness which pertains to all finite agents alike.

1915 W. M. Bayliss Princ. Gen. Physiol. xii. 380 If electrode B is on a spot [of the nerve] which has been killed, the wave of negativity..disappears in the killed area.

1965 B. Dylan Just like Tom Thumb's Blues (song) in Lyrics (1993) 315 When you're lost in the rain in Juarez And it's Eastertime too, And your gravity fails And negativity don't pull you through.

1989 Ritz Aug. 5/3 Top of the negativity list was a half page vitriolic rant.

2001 Chicago Tribune 11 Nov. vi. 2/2 The sooner an outplacement consultant meets with the terminated executive, the sooner the individual will be thinking positively about their future and less about the negativity of what just happened to them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	negativity
释义	negativityn. Brit. /ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S. /ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: negative adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < negative adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French négativité (1838), German Negativität (1843 in the passage translated in quot. 1854). The fact or quality of being negative; negativism. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > negativity or negation negation1620 negativeness1697 negativity1826 not-ness1933 negaholism1989 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > pessimism pessimism1815 negativity1826 wet-blanketiveness1834 unsanguineness1841 nay-saying1893 gloom and doom1947 negaholism1989 1826 S. T. Coleridge ?21 July in Notebks. (1990) IV. 5416 The almost impossibility of Reformation but by Revolution = Luther: and then this again introduces the spirit of Negativity—Negamus: destruere oportet [&c.]. 1854 M. Evans tr. L. Feuerbach Essence Christianity ii. 42 It is true that thus, negativity, as the speculative philosophers express themselves—nothing is the cause of the world. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 31 The negativity or destructive interference of the universal process. 1882 Nature 12 Jan. 258 Sudden negativity of under surface. a1898 J. Caird Fund. Ideas Christianity (1899) II. ix. 13 That universal negativity or nothingness which pertains to all finite agents alike. 1915 W. M. Bayliss Princ. Gen. Physiol. xii. 380 If electrode B is on a spot [of the nerve] which has been killed, the wave of negativity..disappears in the killed area. 1965 B. Dylan Just like Tom Thumb's Blues (song) in Lyrics (1993) 315 When you're lost in the rain in Juarez And it's Eastertime too, And your gravity fails And negativity don't pull you through. 1989 Ritz Aug. 5/3 Top of the negativity list was a half page vitriolic rant. 2001 Chicago Tribune 11 Nov. vi. 2/2 The sooner an outplacement consultant meets with the terminated executive, the sooner the individual will be thinking positively about their future and less about the negativity of what just happened to them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826
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