negativist
- a word derived from negativism.
Example Sentences
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To be sure, a negativist, no-exit attitude that shies away from moral crisis cannot develop very far; while at the same time so much overt anger must shut the door on irony.
From Time Magazine Archive
Absolute faith he had none; he was essentially a negativist, guided by the mere relations of phenomena.
From Born in Exile by Gissing, George
But though the persona could not accept Whiston’s program, he was not a mere negativist.
From A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) by Collins, Anthony
