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negative noun

  /-ɾɪv/ , /ˈnɛ(e)ɡəˌɾɪv/ , /ˈnɛɡətɪv/
  • (photography) An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse. [from 19th c.]
negatiivi, nega
  • Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto [from 15th c.]
kielto, vastustus, veto
  • (grammar) A word that indicates negation.
kieltosana
  • (mathematics) A negative quantity.
negatiivinen luku, negatiivinen suure
  • (law) A right of veto.
veto-oikeus

negative adjective

  /-ɾɪv/ , /ˈnɛ(e)ɡəˌɾɪv/ , /ˈnɛɡətɪv/
  • Not positive nor neutral.
negatiivinen, kielteinen
  • (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.]
  • (mathematics) Of a number: less than zero
negatiivinen, negatiivi
  • (linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition.
kielteinen, kieltävä
  • Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
negatiivinen, vahingollinen
  • (often used pejoratively) Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
kielteinen, negatiivinen, pessimistinen
  • Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
  • (chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
  • (New Age jargon, pejorative) Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.
negatiivinen

negativity noun

  • The characteristic of being pessimistic or contrarian.
kielteisyys, negatiivisuus
  • (physics) The characteristic of having a negative charge.
negatiivisuus

negatively adverb

  • In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive.
kielteisesti, negatiivisesti
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