Negativity

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the disagreeable quality of one who dissents
  Synonym: negativeness

Meaning #2: characterized by habitual skepticism and a tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands
  Synonym: negativism
  Antonym: positivity (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond
  Synonym: electronegativity

Quotes:

"We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic." - Susan Jeffers

"If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought." - Peace Pilgrim

"People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?" - Thich Nhat Hanh

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Negativity may refer to:

• negative charge of electricity
• electronegativity, a chemical property pertaining to the ability to attract electrons
• Positivity/negativity ratio, in behavioral feedback
• Negativity effect, a psychological bias

See also

• Negative (disambiguation)
• Negativism (disambiguation)

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