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negatively adverb

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

negative noun

  /-ɾɪv/ , /nɛ~ɪˈɡeʈɪv/ , /nɪɡəˈʈɪv/ , /ˈneɡətɪv/ , /ˈnɛɡətɪv/ , /ˈnɛɡəʈɪv/
  • (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/ , /nɛ~ɪˈɡeʈɪv/ , /nɪɡəˈʈɪv/ , /ˈneɡətɪv/ , /ˈnɛɡətɪv/ , /ˈnɛɡəʈɪv/
  • Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
 negatiivinen, kielteinen
  • (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.]
 negatiivinen, negatiivi
  • (linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition; negating a concept.
 kielteinen, kieltävä
  • (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

  /ˌnɛ.ɡəˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/
  • The characteristic of being pessimistic or contrarian.
 kielteisyys, negatiivisuus
  • (physics) The characteristic of having a negative charge.
 negatiivisuus
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