😒 Focusing on problems 🙅 Refusing to cooperate

negativistic

8.4

Tending to notice problems and faults rather than good parts

adjective
/ˌnɛɡətɪˈvɪstɪk/

: negativista

His negativistic outlook often led him to focus on problems instead of solutions.

Examples

He found such individuals to be negativistic, sullen, and nonproductive at first under amytal, but prone to reveal the fact of and causes for their malingering as the interview proceeded.

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Thus it's called negativistic and their lack of success.
Thus it's called negativistic and their lack of success.
She had a negativistic attitude during the meeting, pointing out all the issues without suggesting any improvements.
Despite the team's efforts, his negativistic comments seemed to overshadow their achievements.

Synonyms

negative

vsnegativistic

974 2.9

Causing harm or showing strong dislike

centers on finding problems and bad outcomes rather than effect

pessimistic

vsnegativistic

67 3.9

Expecting bad things to happen in the future

focuses attention on faults and downplays positive aspects

unpositive

vsnegativistic

7.5

Having a negative or discouraging attitude

tends to focus on faults rather than merely lacking positivity

Antonyms

positive

592 1.3

Having a good effect or benefit

constructive

144 3.9

Helpful in a way that makes something better

How Negative

hypercritical

2 8.0

cynical

208 6.5

pessimistic

67 3.9

negativistic

8.4

critical

210 3.8

negative

974 2.9

Surface Forms

negativistic positive

Morphology

negativistic = negative (transparent) = negative + istic

The word 'negativistic' is transparently derived from 'negative' with the suffix '-istic' indicating a characteristic or tendency.

Etymology

Negativistic comes from negative, which itself comes from the Latin negare meaning 'to say no', plus the ending -istic meaning 'relating to'. So a negativistic attitude is like a habit of saying 'no' and looking first at problems or what might go wrong.