Definition of Negative

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Negative

Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative.

Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism.

Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition.

Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.

Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.

A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.

A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no.

The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.

That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative.

A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.

The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove.

To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill.

To neutralize the force of; to counteract.

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Negative Quotations

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Zig Ziglar

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
Barack Obama

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
Michael Jordan

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.
Michael Jordan

I never thought a role model should be negative.
Michael Jordan

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
Michael Jordan

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
Pablo Picasso

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
W. Clement Stone

Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
W. Clement Stone

Negative Translations

negative in German is ablehnend, negativ, negativ
negative in Italian is lastra, contrario
negative in Latin is infitialis
negative in Portuguese is negativo
negative in Spanish is negativo
negative in Swedish is negativa, baksida

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