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POSITIVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about
Synonyms:
incontrovertibility; incontrovertibleness; positiveness; positivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("positivity" is a kind of...):
indisputability; indubitability; unquestionability; unquestionableness (the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt)
Derivation:
positive (impossible to deny or disprove)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An amount greater than zero
Synonyms:
positiveness; positivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("positivity" is a kind of...):
amount (the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion)
Antonym:
negativity (an amount less than zero)
Derivation:
positive (greater than zero)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
Synonyms:
advantageousness; favorableness; favourableness; positiveness; positivity; profitableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("positivity" is a kind of...):
advantage; vantage (the quality of having a superior or more favorable position)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "positivity"):
auspiciousness; propitiousness (the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
Synonyms:
positiveness; positivism; positivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("positivity" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "positivity"):
assertiveness; self-assertiveness (aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions)
Antonym:
negativity (characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands)
Derivation:
positive (characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The character of the positive electric pole
Synonyms:
positiveness; positivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("positivity" is a kind of...):
polarity; sign (having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges))
Antonym:
negativity (the character of the negative electric pole)
