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positivity

American  
[poz-i-tiv-i-tee] / ˌpɒz ɪˈtɪv ɪ ti /

noun

  • positivities
    plural
  1. the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.

  2. something positive.


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of positivity

First recorded in 1650–60; positive + -ity


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He projected positivity about the U.S.’s financial performance and hailed artificial intelligence as a generational change for the international economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Going into this, there was positivity around Scotland's energy and the chances they'd been creating, about a burgeoning attacking style far removed from Clarke's supposed stodginess.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

More than two decades after these aired, we’ve swerved between an age of unattainable thinness being pushed as a cultural ideal and a time of healthy-at-any-size body positivity from which we’re slowly regressing.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I’m a positive person and this positivity comes out in my music,” Dasafo said in his 2005 Guardian interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Reading a few, I let the positivity push away all the negativity I felt going into this.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

“We hadn’t seen test positivities above 4 since the end of August, early September,” Ghaly said.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2020

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