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negativist

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noun

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negativist
Noun
  • But as Bargatze and everyone in his circle will tell you, naysayers are his fuel.
    Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of directly addressing the naysayers, Rutledge acknowledged taking a less conspicuous approach.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Huang, also a professional military strategist and university professor, told the Washington Examiner that his party sees the DPP’s posturing as a cynical move to build domestic support without considering the long-term consequences.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That has often been misinterpreted as a cynical endorsement of warfare.
    Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But don’t listen to the pessimists who say there is no cure.
    Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But don't listen to the pessimists who say there is no cure.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Gurrola’s parents were skeptical at first, but the store’s Dubai chocolate strawberry cups have sold well.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The move, however, would need a constitutional amendment approved by 60 percent of voters—and some experts are skeptical of how the state's local governments would manage without property taxes.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Wood starred as hopeless romantic Chelsea, who was on vacation with her older, misanthropic boyfriend Rick (Walton Goggins).
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 May 2025
  • Brief yet dense and full of misanthropic humor, Portal holds the hell up nearly twenty years later.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • Losing confidence in landing a job Americans are increasingly pessimistic about their prospects of getting a new job.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Initial assumptions reacting to the April surge in volatility in the financial markets were broadly pessimistic.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Negativist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negativist. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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