[syn: negativity, negativeness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Negativeness \Neg"a*tive*ness\, Negativity \Neg`a*tiv"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being negative.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
negativeness
n 1: the character of the negative electric pole [syn:
negativity, negativeness] [ant: positiveness,
positivity]
2: 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]
3: an amount less than zero [syn: negativity, negativeness]
[ant: positiveness, positivity]