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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-negativity.wav [UK] Forms: negativities [plural]
Rhymes: -tɪvɪti Etymology: Etymology tree English negative Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English negativity From negative + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|negative|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English negative Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English negativity [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "negativity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="negativity"> From negative + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} negativity (countable and uncountable, plural negativities)
  1. The characteristic of being pessimistic or contrarian. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (characteristic of being pessimistic): негативизъм (negativizăm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), negativitat [feminine] (Catalan), kielteisyys (Finnish), negatiivisuus (Finnish), negātīvitās [feminine] (Latin), negatívnōst [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), negatívnosť (Slovak), negatividad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-negativity-en-noun-SwxkH2QL Disambiguation of 'characteristic of being pessimistic': 58 1 41
  2. Negative sentiment. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-negativity-en-noun-D6BnLUjT
  3. (physics) The characteristic of having a negative charge. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (characteristic of having a negative charge): отрицателност (otricatelnost) (Bulgarian), negativitat [feminine] (Catalan), negatiivisuus (Finnish), Negativität [feminine] (German), negātīvitās [feminine] (Latin), tōrarotanga (Māori), negativitate [feminine] (Romanian), negatívnōst [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), negatividad [feminine] (Spanish), olumsuzluk (Turkish), negatiflik (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: negativeness Derived forms: electronegativity, homonegativity, immunonegativity, negativity bias, negativity thinking, nonnegativity, seronegativity, sex negativity, sex-negativity

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish negative\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-ts\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts\nLatin -itāsder.\nOld French -itebor.\nMiddle English -ite\nEnglish -ity\nEnglish negativity\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"-ty\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-teh₂\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-ts\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-teh₂ts\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-itās\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-ite\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-ite\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ity\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"negativity\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"negativity\">\nFrom negative + -ity.",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish negative\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-ts\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts\nLatin -itāsder.\nOld French -itebor.\nMiddle English -ite\nEnglish -ity\nEnglish negativity\nFrom negative + -ity.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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        "ne",
        "ga",
        "ti",
        "vi",
        "ty"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "The characteristic of being pessimistic or contrarian."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pessimistic",
          "pessimistic"
        ],
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          "contrarian",
          "contrarian"
        ]
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              41
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 7:",
          "text": "Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Negative sentiment."
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          "sentiment"
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The characteristic of having a negative charge."
      ],
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        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
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          "negative",
          "negative"
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        "(physics) The characteristic of having a negative charge."
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        "uncountable"
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        "physical-sciences",
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    }
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-tɪvɪti"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "negativeness"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "otricatelnost",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "word": "отрицателност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negativitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "word": "negatiivisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Negativität"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negātīvitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "word": "tōrarotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negativitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negatívnōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negatividad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "word": "olumsuzluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "characteristic of having a negative charge",
      "word": "negatiflik"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "negativizăm",
      "sense": "characteristic of being pessimistic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "негативизъм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "characteristic of being pessimistic",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "negativitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "characteristic of being pessimistic",
      "word": "kielteisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "characteristic of being pessimistic",
      "word": "negatiivisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "characteristic of being pessimistic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negātīvitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "characteristic of being pessimistic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negatívnōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "characteristic of being pessimistic",
      "word": "negatívnosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "characteristic of being pessimistic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negatividad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "negativity"
}

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