"positivity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpɒz.ɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ [General-American], [ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi] [General-American], /ˌpɔz.ɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ [General-Australian], [ˌpɔz.ɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi] [General-Australian] Forms: positivities [plural]
enPR: pŏz'ĭtĭvʹĭti [General-Australian], pŏ'zĭtĭvʹĭti [General-Australian] Etymology: From positive + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|positive|ity}} positive + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} positivity (countable and uncountable, plural positivities)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism. Optimism. Tags: uncountable Translations (condition of being positive): positivitat [feminine] (Catalan), positiivisuus (Finnish), myönteisyys (Finnish), optimismi (Finnish), varmuus (english: being sure) (Finnish), positivité [feminine] (French), Positivismus (phil.) [masculine] (German), Zuversichtlichkeit [feminine] (German), positività [feminine] (Italian), kepositifan (Malay), ngākaupaitanga (Maori), positividade [feminine] (Portuguese), pozitivitate [feminine] (Romanian), pozitívnosť (Slovak), positividad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-positivity-en-noun-sx4gZmDL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 7 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 55 17 28 Disambiguation of 'condition of being positive': 63 30 7
  2. (countable) The result of being positive. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-positivity-en-noun-I3aAVXwN
  3. (physics and chemistry) The characteristic of possessing a positive electric charge Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the characteristic of possessing a positive electric charge): positiivisuus (Finnish), Elektropositivität [feminine] (German), tōrungatanga (Maori)
    Sense id: en-positivity-en-noun-YErlyxm0 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'the characteristic of possessing a positive electric charge': 3 2 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: positiveness Derived forms: body positivity, copositivity, electropositivity, homopositivity, immunopositivity, nonpositivity, positivity effect, positivity rate, semipositivity, seropositivity

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "condition of being positive",
      "word": "optimismi"
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