NEGATIVISM


Meaning of NEGATIVISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈne-gə-ti-ˌvi-zəm ]

noun

Date: 1824

1. : an attitude of mind marked by skepticism especially about nearly everything affirmed by others

2. : a tendency to refuse to do, to do the opposite of, or to do something at variance with what is asked

• neg·a·tiv·ist -vist noun or adjective

• neg·a·tiv·is·tic ˌne-gə-ti-ˈvis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.