'negativism' definitions:
Definition of 'negativism'
(from WordNet)
noun
Characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands [syn: negativity, negativeness, negativism] [ant: positiveness, positivism, positivity]
Synonyms of 'negativism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnegation,
- alienation,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- autism,
- autistic thinking,
- avoidance mechanism,
- blame-shifting,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- challenge,
- check,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- combative reaction,
- compensation,
- complaint,
- constriction,
- counteraction,
- cramp,
- cynicism,
- decompensation,
- defeatism,
- defense mechanism,
- defiance,
- delay,
- demur,
- dereism,
- dereistic thinking,
- detainment,
- detention,
- dismalness,
- displacement,
- dispute,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- dissociation,
- emotional insulation,
- escape,
- escape into fantasy,
- escape mechanism,
- escapism,
- fantasizing,
- fantasy,
- fixation,
- flight,
- foot-dragging,
- fractiousness,
- gloominess,
- gloomy outlook,
- hampering,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- impediment,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interruption,
- isolation,
- let,
- malism,
- nay,
- naysaying,
- negation,
- negative,
- negative attitude,
- negativeness,
- negativity,
- nihilism,
- nix,
- no,
- noncooperation,
- nuisance value,
- objection,
- obstinacy,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- overcompensation,
- passive resistance,
- pessimism,
- projection,
- protest,
- psychotaxis,
- rationalization,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- refractoriness,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- repression,
- repulse,
- repulsion,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retreatism,
- revolt,
- setback,
- sociological adjustive reactions,
- squeeze,
- stand,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- sublimation,
- substitution,
- suppression,
- uncheerfulness,
- uncooperativeness,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- wishful thinking,
- withdrawal,
- withstanding