Synonyms for negativism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : neg-uh-ti-viz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛg ə tɪˌvɪz əm |
Top 10 synonyms for negativism Other synonyms for the word negativism
- chip on one's shoulder
- civil disobedience
- combat
- competition
- con
- conflict
- confronting
- contention
- contest
- contradiction
- contradistinction
- contraposition
- contrariety
- contrariness
- counteraction
- counterattack
- cynicism
- defeatism
- defense
- defiance
- dim view
- disapproval
- discouragement
- duel
- encounter
- engagement
- expectation of the worst
- fray
- gloomy outlook
- grapple
- hopelessness
- lack of confidence
- low spirits
- negative thinking
- negativism
- obstructiveness
- opposure
- oppugnancy
- pessimism
- prevention
- repugnance
- repulsion
- rivalry
- skirmish
- strife
- unfriendliness
- violation
- war
- warfare
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for negativism
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