negativism
Example Sentences
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The Trump nightmare still disturbs us, disgorging the egomaniac’s negativism and allowing us no rest from his divisiveness.
From Los Angeles Times
“So, we’ve got to be in a position to overcome all of that negativism that they’re going to be throwing at us, in addition to what they already have in place.”
From Washington Post
Characteristics include feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job.
From Fox News
Not for the first time, Trump appears to be reaching for a playbook once used by Richard Nixon, whose vice-president, Spiro Agnew, once dismissed the press as “nattering nabobs of negativism”.
From The Guardian
“It’s one thing for Spiro Agnew to call everyone in the press ‘nattering nabobs of negativism,’” he said, referring to the former vice president’s famous critique of how journalists covered President Richard M. Nixon.
From New York Times
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