Sentence example with the word 'negativism'

negativism

abnegation, check, defeatism, dissent, foot-dragging, interruption, nix, pessimism, remonstrance, retardment, uncheerfulness

Definition n. characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands

Last update: July 16, 2015


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Thus the mother of the child in whom defæcation is inhibited by negativism may have made further observations.   [Please select]

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Fretfulness and negativism with all children whose management is at fault come in waves and cycles.   [Please select]

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The negativism and refusal to go to stool are the outcome of the nervous unrest, not its cause.   [Please select]

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Negativism is a symptom which is common enough in certain mental disorders.   [Please select]

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In this helpless condition the other factors which tend to develop what we have called negativism have full play.   [Please select]

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We have already mentioned the symptom of negativism and noted its occasional occurrence as an accompaniment of mental disorder in adult life, and its frequency among children who are irritable or irritated.   [Please select]

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