Behavior
negativism Audio
neg·a·tiv·ism [ neg-uh-ti-viz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Personality
Definitions related to negativism:
  • State of mind or behavior characterized by extreme skepticism and persistent opposition or resistance to outside suggestions or advice. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Verbal or nonverbal opposition or resistance to outside suggestions and advice: commonly seen in catatonic schizophrenia in which the patient resists any effort to be moved or does the opposite of what is asked.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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