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Definitions: Negativity |
NegativityNoun1. The disagreeable quality of one who dissents. 2. Characterized by habitual skepticism and a tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands. 3. (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "negativity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: NegativitySynonyms: electronegativity (n), negativeness (n), negativism (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: positiveness (n), positivism (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | However, I would like to address your general attitude of negativity. Consider the lilies o' the goddamn field or hell! (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen) | |
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| "Negativity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.96% of the time. "Negativity" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.96% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Noun (common) | 2.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 49 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
negativity | 19 |
negativity in the workplace | 11 |
workplace negativity | 5 |
overcoming negativity | 2 |
negativity quote | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "negativity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | negativitet. (various references) | |
Arabic | سلبية (negativism, passivity). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | негативност. (various references) | |
Czech | negativnost, zápornost. (various references) | |
French | négativité. (various references) | |
German | negativität (negativeness, negativism). (various references) | |
Greek | αρνητικότησ (negativeness, negativism), αρνητικότητα (negativeness, negativism). (various references) | |
Hungarian | negatívság. (various references) | |
Manx | obballaght, jiooldaght (biliousness, nausea, queasiness, rejection, sickliness, squeamishness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | egativitynay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | negativista (negationist). (various references) | |
Romanian | negativitate. (various references) | |
Russian | отрицательность. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | negativnost (negativism). (various references) | |
Swedish | negativitet. (various references) | |
Thai | การคั"ค้าน (opposition, rebuttal). (various references) | |
Ukranian | негативність, заперечність. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính chất từ chối (negativeness), tính chất phản đối (negativeness), tính chất phủ nhận (negativeness), tính chất phủ định (negativeness), tính chất cấm đoán tính chất tiêu cực (negativeness), tính chất cự tuyệt (negativeness). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "negativity": electronegativity, seronegativity. (additional references) | |
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"Negativity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ergativity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "negativity" (pronounced ne'guti"vutē) |
| 7 | -u t i" v u t ē | insensitivity, nativity, oversensitivity, relativity, sensitivity. |
| 6 | -t i" v u t ē | activity, captivity, conductivity, connectivity, creativity, festivity, hyperactivity, inactivity, objectivity, productivity, radioactivity, reactivity, receptivity, retroactivity, selectivity, subjectivity, superconductivity. |
| 5 | -i" v u t ē | aggressivity, exclusivity, expressivity, passivity, proclivity, progressivity, reflexivity. |
| 4 | -v u t ē | brevity, cavity, depravity, gravity, hypersensitivity, levity, longevity, velvety. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, causality, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, necessity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, profanity, profitability, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, readability, reality, reciprocity, regularity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, suitability, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-i-n-t-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: nativity. | |
-3 letters: eviting, naivety, tantivy, vatting, vetting, vintage, vitiate. | |
-4 letters: eating, entity, gaiety, gittin, gnatty, ignite, ingate, invite, native, tetany, tieing, titian, vanity, vittae. | |
-5 letters: agent, entia, eying, ganev, genii, giant, given, naevi, naive, natty, netty, nitty, taint, tangy, tenia, tenty, tinea, tinge, titan, tying, vegan, veiny, vitae, vitta, vying, yenta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-i-n-t-t-v-y" | |
+3 letters: investigatory. | |
+4 letters: seronegativity. | |
+5 letters: interrogatively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 67 61 74 69 76 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . --. .- - .. ...- .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01100111 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e g a t i v i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0067 0061 0074 0069 0076 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48717367867588758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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