NEGATIVITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does negativity mean?
• NEGATIVITY (noun)
The noun NEGATIVITY has 4 senses:
1. the character of the negative electric pole
2. characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands
3. an amount less than zero
4. (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond
Familiarity information: NEGATIVITY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• NEGATIVITY (noun)
Meaning:
The character of the negative electric pole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
negativeness; negativity
Hypernyms ("negativity" is a kind of...):
polarity; sign (having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges))
Antonym:
positivity (the character of the positive electric pole)
Meaning:
Characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
negativism; negativeness; negativity
Hypernyms ("negativity" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Antonym:
positivity (a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness)
Meaning:
An amount less than zero
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
negativeness; negativity
Hypernyms ("negativity" is a kind of...):
amount (how much of something is available)
Antonym:
positivity (an amount greater than zero)
Meaning:
(chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
electronegativity; negativity
Hypernyms ("negativity" is a kind of...):
inclination; tendency (a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
