negativism

Example Sentences

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"We have run a very positive campaign because we want to get rid of all the negativism in the Netherlands over the past few years," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

“I wouldn’t overdo the negativism about the global economy,” Ms. Yellen said.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023

Yet this exploration of American society is unrelieved in its negativism.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2018

"I want to see some of the positive things there, come out and report on them, because there has been so much negativism about North Korea."

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2018

He was slow and flaccid, with the kind of world-weary negativism you might find in employees behind the counter of a fast-food restaurant at a highway rest stop.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover