particular negative

American  

noun

Logic.

1. a proposition of the form “Some S is not P.” O

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Example Sentences

With depression, the brain can get stuck in a rut and locked into a particular negative way of thinking, he said.

From BBC

The only weakness perhaps is that your star player and perhaps least imposing defensive player, Steph Curry, is the one chasing Westbrook around, but I still think the positives outweigh that particular negative.

From Slate

"GM need not characterize events in the most negative way possible as long as the particular negative trend is conveyed to investors."

From Reuters

“There is no particular negative about the ‘Sorry Charlie’ campaign, but 50 years has passed,” said In-Soo Cho, president and chief executive at the StarKist Company, part of Dongwon Industries of South Korea.

From New York Times

The only mode usually recognised of converting a particular negative proposition, is in the form, Some A is not B, therefore, something which is not B is A; and this is termed conversion by contraposition.

From Project Gutenberg