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NEGATIVIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does negativist mean?
• NEGATIVIST (noun)
The noun NEGATIVIST has 2 senses:
1. someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked
2. someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
Familiarity information: NEGATIVIST used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("negativist" is a kind of...):
balker; baulker; noncompliant (a person who refuses to comply)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
defeatist; negativist
Hypernyms ("negativist" is a kind of...):
pessimist (a person who expects the worst)
Derivation:
negativism (characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands)
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