negativism
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Characteristics include feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job.
From Fox News
Not for the first time, Trump appears to be reaching for a playbook once used by Richard Nixon, whose vice-president, Spiro Agnew, once dismissed the press as “nattering nabobs of negativism”.
From The Guardian
“It’s one thing for Spiro Agnew to call everyone in the press ‘nattering nabobs of negativism,’” he said, referring to the former vice president’s famous critique of how journalists covered President Richard M. Nixon.
From New York Times
It is characterised by feelings of exhaustion, negativism or cynicism related to one's job and poor performance.
From BBC
Pitch to MPs: The other candidates are either spinning fairy tales or spreading negativism about Brexit.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
