negativity.

1. A negative or pessimistic attitude or orientation.

2. The property of having a value less than zero.

3. The status of producing a negative result under a specified test.

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Words that belong together

• persistent negativity
• express negativity

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The criticism was not merely negativity; it identified a specific defect.

Persistent negativity altered the discussion’s tone without disproving the proposal.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: institutional and conceptual change, philosophical orientation, qualification of recurrence and degree. Disciplines: academic writing, philosophy, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: moderately common.