1 | adjective | characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features 2 | adjective | expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial 3 | adjective | having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant 4 | adjective | not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition 5 | adjective | reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive 6 | adjective | less than zero 7 | adjective | designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions 8 | adjective | having a negative charge (12 meanings)

n'eguhtiv (IPA: nˈɛɡətɪv)

neg-a-tive (8 letters | 3 syllables)

1400 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (625 years ago)

Old French | Latin

written: 2262nd most common (1 in 21739 words) ( > 99% adjective | 0% verb | 0% noun)

spoken: 1570th most common (1 in 27778 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

negatives | negatived | negativing

no | disconfirming | damaging | electronegative | negatively charged | minus | blackball | veto (total: 8)

positive | neutral | affirmative

double negative | nay | no | defeat | kill | shoot down | vote down | vote out (total: 8)

denial | film | photographic film | contradict | controvert | oppose (total: 6)

(none among common words)

negating | negation | negatively | relative | sedative (total: 5)

(none among common words)

Gram-negative | negative charge | negative chemotaxis | negative correlation | negative feedback | negative feedback circuit | negative identification | negative magnetic pole | negative muon | negative pole | ... (total: 18)

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