Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Negativeness \Neg"a*tive*ness\, Negativity \Neg`a*tiv"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being negative.
Source : WordNet®
negativity
n 1: the disagreeable quality of one who dissents [syn: {negativeness}]
[ant: {positiveness}]
2: characterized by habitual skepticism and a tendency to deny
or oppose or resist suggestions or commands [syn: {negativism}]
[ant: {positivism}]
3: (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract
electrons in the formation of an ionic bond [syn: {electronegativity}]