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Definition of negative
- a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed
- a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"
- vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"
- involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"
- expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
- reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
- designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"
- having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"
- characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"
- less than zero; "a negative number"
- not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"
- having a negative electric charge; "electrons are negative"
See Also: disinclined, unfavorable, unfavourable, destructive, pessimistic, unsupportive
Hyponyms: no, nay, double negative, kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
Attributes: quality, polarity, sign
Entailments: vote
Derivational Morphology: veto, blackball
Anagrams: navigate
| Language Translations: | |||
| Chinese: 否定 | Dutch: negatief | ||
| Finnish: negatiivinen | French: négatif | ||
| German: negativ | Hungarian: negatív | ||
| Italian: negativo | Japanese: 否定 | ||
| Korean: 소극적인 | Portuguese: negativo | ||
| Russian: отрицательный | Spanish: negativo | ||
| Swedish: negativ | Telugu: ఋణాత్మక | ||
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