Definition of Negativeness

1. Noun. The character of the negative electric pole.

Exact synonyms: Negativity
Generic synonyms: Polarity, Sign
Antonyms: Positiveness, Positivity

2. Noun. Characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands.
Exact synonyms: Negativism, Negativity
Generic synonyms: Quality
Derivative terms: Negative, Negative, Negativist, Negative
Antonyms: Positiveness, Positivity

3. Noun. An amount less than zero.
Exact synonyms: Negativity
Generic synonyms: Amount
Derivative terms: Negative
Antonyms: Positiveness, Positivity

Definition of Negativeness

1. n. The quality or state of being negative.

Definition of Negativeness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being negative; negativity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Negativeness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Negativeness

negative stimulation
negative stimulus
negative strand virus
negative stranded RNA virus
negative taxis
negative thermotaxis
negative transference
negative verb
negative verbs
negative zero
negatived
negatively
negatively bathmotropic
negatively charged
negatively dromotropic
negativeness (current term)
negativenesses
negatives
negativing
negativism
negativisms
negativist
negativistic
negativists
negativities
negativity
negativization
negativizations
negativize
negativized

Literary usage of Negativeness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Correlation Theory of Chemical Action and Affinity by Thomas Wright Hall (1888)
"The contracted, or hard, or dense, or infusible Pitch of Solidity is the greatest sign of Force negativeness. But even the Potential Solidity, ..."

2. Selections from Manuscripts by James Hinton (1874)
"So the ' negative' idea is relieved of all difficulty or peculiarity; it is simply regarding things in their relation: the nature of the negativeness ..."

3. Historical Development of Speculative Philosophy from Kant to Hegel by Heinrich Moritz Chalybäus (1854)
"Without such a fundamental unity negativeness itself is annihilated as that which it should be, viz. as contradiction and necessity, inasmuch as a duality ..."

4. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1914)
"Gram-negativeness appears to depend entirely on the presence of the staphylococci on the plate media. Staphylococcus albus and aureus from abscess, ..."

5. A Short History of Freethought, Ancient and Modern by John Mackinnon Robertson (1915)
"Nor is the charge of negativeness any more generally valid against such freethinking as directly assails current doctrines. There may be, of course, ..."

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