Antonyms for negativism


Grammar : Noun
Spell : neg-uh-ti-viz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛg ə tɪˌvɪz əm


Definition of negativism

Origin :
  • 1824, "the policy of opposition;" see negative + -ism. In a psychological sense, it is attested from 1892.
  • As in negative attitude : noun bad attitude
  • As in opposition : noun obstruction, antagonism
  • As in polarity : noun opposition
Example sentences :
  • This is an admission that negativism is of the nature of resistance.
  • Extract from : « Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology » by C. G. Jung
  • The next of the cardinal symptoms to be considered is negativism.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • The latter seems to indicate some connection between her negativism and death.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • Negativism is a state, he says, of perseverated muscular tension.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • A tendency opposite to the inactivity is seen in negativism.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • He is certainly wrong in denying "negativism" to his anergic type.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • Negativism and catalepsy are never well developed except in stupor.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • Once admit this, and the primary importance of ambivalency disappears so far as negativism is concerned.
  • Extract from : « Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology » by C. G. Jung
  • It follows that the theory of negativism coincides with the theory of the complex, as the complex is the cause of the resistance.
  • Extract from : « Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology » by C. G. Jung
  • With the exception of negativism, which appears only in the anamnesis, all the cardinal stupor symptoms are found in this history.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch

Synonyms for negativism

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