negativism

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: neg=a=tiv=ism

OXFORD DICTIONARY

negativism, n.
1 a negative position or attitude; extreme scepticism, criticism, etc.
2 denial of accepted beliefs.

Derivative

negativist n. negativistic adj.

THESAURUS

negativism

abnegation, alienation, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, blame-shifting, blockage, blocking, challenge, check, clogging, closing up, closure, combative reaction, compensation, complaint, constriction, counteraction, cramp, cynicism, decompensation, defeatism, defense mechanism, defiance, delay, demur, dereism, dereistic thinking, detainment, detention, dismalness, displacement, dispute, dissent, dissentience, dissociation, emotional insulation, escape, escape into fantasy, escape mechanism, escapism, fantasizing, fantasy, fixation, flight, foot-dragging, fractiousness, gloominess, gloomy outlook, hampering, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, impediment, inhibition, interference, interruption, isolation, let, malism, nay, naysaying, negation, negative, negative attitude, negativeness, negativity, nihilism, nix, no, noncooperation, nuisance value, objection, obstinacy, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, overcompensation, passive resistance, pessimism, projection, protest, psychotaxis, rationalization, reaction, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, refractoriness, reluctance, remonstrance, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repression, repulse, repulsion, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, retreatism, revolt, setback, sociological adjustive reactions, squeeze, stand, stranglehold, stricture, sublimation, substitution, suppression, uncheerfulness, uncooperativeness, wish-fulfillment fantasy, wishful thinking, withdrawal, withstanding