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negativist

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noun

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negativist
Noun
  • That would mean overcoming opposition from naysayers who argue the successful record of privatization in other countries doesn’t apply in the U.S., which has 10 times the air traffic as Canada.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • These are the kinds of features with which Apple can bring around naysayers.
    Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • The cynical view would be that Trump is looking for a reason to have federal troops join ICE in rounding up undocumented immigrants that Mamdani tries to protect, and to arrest local officials who get in their way.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • There is a certain business logic to that; from a cynical perspective, if a £10million investment fails to live up to expectations, the financial downside for the buying club is relatively small — and in many cases, he will be sold to somewhere lower down the sport’s food chain.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • But even pessimists were shocked by how aggressively the new team in Washington shook things up.
    Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
  • But that doesn’t stop a chorus of pessimists from emerging amid periods of market volatility.
    Luke Andriuk, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • Coastal elites are always skeptical about whether a fast-growth, deep tech company can be built in the Midwest.
    Kathleen Gallagher, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
  • In their interviews with town businessmen, the Sodality women try to convince the men that more hygienic practices will actually improve their bottom line, but the men are skeptical: why do anything new?
    Deborah Williams July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 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
  • The strategist expects a wide range of outcomes, citing bullish signals around sentiment that conflict with more pessimistic GDP forecasts.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 14 July 2025
  • So while calls still outflank puts on an absolute basis, the high percentile means options traders have been much more pessimistic than usual.
    Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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“Negativist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negativist. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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