negativistic

Example Sentences

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Certainly this type of thinking is more valuable and constructive than the hysterical and negativistic brand so widespread at the moment.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Most of the patients showed a sullen, slightly aggressive, or negativistic behavior,” according to the book.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

By far the commonest cause of muscular movement in these inactive cases is resistiveness, and as a rule the inactivity is interrupted only by negativistic symptoms.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)

The Marshal who accompanied the patient from California to this institution states that the patient was resistive and negativistic; that he assumed various constrained attitudes; was untidy, mute, and refused food.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard

Four months after admission she was noted as being very resistive and negativistic, allowing saliva to accumulate in her mouth and making no attempt to keep the flies off her.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)