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NEGATIVIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions

Synonyms:

defeatist; negativist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("negativist" is a kind of...):

pessimist (a person who expects the worst)

Derivation:

negativism (characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("negativist" is a kind of...):

balker; baulker; noncompliant (a person who refuses to comply)

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