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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negativist
Noun
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Granted, there are always naysayers when new technology is introduced.—
Marc Saltzman,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026 -
There were naysayers, arguing that going week to week keeps a show in the cultural conversation longer.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Ursula has a big-picture understanding of the way the world works that’s cynical if not entirely inaccurate.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Movies grew darker, more cynical, more reflective of national anxiety—not necessarily because oil prices demanded it, but because the mood of a country grappling with Vietnam and political upheaval did.—
Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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The pessimists say the dream is over: The UAE was always a mirage, and now the desert wind has arrived.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Steel yourself; the pessimists will have gravitas.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Asselin is skeptical of the state's job claims, since automation and technology changes come fast.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Oil prices climbed as investors grew skeptical of efforts to end the war.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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But the fatalist in me feels like this stuff is coming.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The misanthropic music matched the bleak unreality of the antisocial pandemic world.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
26 Feb. 2026
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By the end of the year, Alfred Tennyson, lately miserable, misanthropic, semi-broke, and semi-feral, had been made the Poet Laureate of England.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Now there is a British tendency to be slightly defeatist.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The mood just feels a little defeatist right now.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Washington — Americans are growing more pessimistic about the US economy as the war on Iran continues to roil markets, with sentiment falling across all income groups — including the wealthiest.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Faced with yet another national crisis, many in Lebanon are pessimistic.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Negativist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negativist. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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