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Negativity   /nˌɛgətˈɪvəti/   Listen
Negativity

noun
1.
The character of the negative electric pole.  Synonym: negativeness.
2.
Characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands.  Synonyms: negativeness, negativism.
3.
An amount less than zero.  Synonym: negativeness.
4.
(chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond.  Synonym: electronegativity.






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"Negativity" Quotes from Famous Books



... towards the divine nature, and the doctrine that this love was reciprocated, were certainly a great improvement on the morbid gloom of Siva-worship, the colourless negativeness of Buddhism, and the childish intricacy of ceremonies which formed the religion of the mass of ordinary Hindus, still we cannot find much to admire in it. There seems to be something almost contradictory in representing the highest and purest emotions of the mind by images ...
— Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets of Bengal • John Beames



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