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NEGATIVIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
Synonyms:
defeatist; negativist
Classified under:
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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