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I find the positive in the negative all the time. Any time you give something power, it wins, and it can continuously happen, so I just let negative people know they have no place in my life. They have no place around my children.
Monica Denise Brown

Meaning of "in the negative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IN THE NEGATIVE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IN THE NEGATIVE

in the long run
in the main
in the majority
in the making
in the mass
in the midst of
in the money
in the mood
in the name of
in the nature of
in the neighbourhood of
in the nick of time
in the nuddy
in the offing
in the palm of one´s hand
in the picture
in the pipeline
in the pocket
in the popularity/beauty stakes
in the public domain

WORDS THAT END LIKE IN THE NEGATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
operative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of in the negative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «in the negative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IN THE NEGATIVE

Find out the translation of in the negative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of in the negative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «in the negative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在负
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en sentido negativo
570 millions of speakers

English

in the negative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नकारात्मक में
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في السلبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отрицательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

negativa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রকৃতির মধ্যে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dans le négatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dalam sifat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

im negativen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

否定の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부정적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing alam saka
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trong các tiêu cực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இயற்கையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वरूपात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Doğasında
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

negativa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

negatywna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

негативний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în negativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρνητική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

in die negatiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nekande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

i den negative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of in the negative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IN THE NEGATIVE»

The term «in the negative» is very widely used and occupies the 614 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IN THE NEGATIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about in the negative

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5 QUOTES WITH «IN THE NEGATIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word in the negative.
1
Robert Barclay
So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and if they will not to punish them in their goods, liberties, or lives? this we hold in the negative.
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Monica Denise Brown
I find the positive in the negative all the time. Any time you give something power, it wins, and it can continuously happen, so I just let negative people know they have no place in my life. They have no place around my children.
3
Jenni Rivera
I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you.
4
Patrick Stump
As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class.
5
Michael Jai White
I feel like I missed my era, because I remember the time when black people uplifted each other and looked for the positives. I feel sorry for the people who live their lives in the negative default setting because they filter out what's good, and that's no way to live.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IN THE NEGATIVE»

Discover the use of in the negative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to in the negative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Celebrating the negative
"When photographers lose a good print they are annoyed. When they lose a good negative, they are upset forever." --from the Introduction
John Loengard, 1994
2
A Primer of Handling the Negative Therapeutic Reaction
Jeffrey Seinfeld shows that in order for patients to heal, they must separate from the internal bad objects.This is often done with aggression against the therapist, who must be able to withstand the intense hostility, rage, and abuse of ...
Jeffrey Seinfeld, 2002
3
Nothing Good is Allowed to Stand: An Integrative View of the ...
In Nothing Good Is Allowed to Stand, Wurmser, Jarass, and their colleagues consider these and other factors insightfully, such as the extent to which traumatization lives on in self-directed aggressions of the superego in the claim of ...
Leon Wurmser, Heidrun Jarass, 2012
4
Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of ...
... and negative meanings of "noumenon": in the positive meaning of the term, noumenon is "an object of a nonsensible intuition," whereas in the negative meaning, it is "a thing insofar as it is not an object of our sensible intuition" (CPR, B 307).
Slavoj Žižek, 1993
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The Persistence of the Negative: A Critique of Contemporary ...
... argee with Badiou that 'courage orients us locally amid the global disorientation'.102 In fact, I would argue that Badiou's renewed interest in the negative, a historicised and formalised negative rather than the negative of pathos and finitude, ...
Benjamin Noys, 2010
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Going Negative
In the negative versions, the opponent was depicted as “soft” on crime and a foe of environmental protection. In all other respects (visuals, the announcer, etc.), the positive and negative versions of the advertisements were identical.
Stephen Ansolabehere, Shanto Iyengar, 2010
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Proceedings in the Cases of the Impeachment of Charles ...
Mr. Hubbard answered all the interrogatories in the negative. Mr. logalls answered all in the negative. Mr. Keeler answered all in the negative. Mr. Knowles answered all in the negative. Mr. Lambdin answered all in the negative. Mr. Lappin, in ...
Charles Robinson, 1862
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Optical Pulse Dynamics in Active Media with Negative ...
If one of the corresponding frequencies is in the positive and the other in the negative refractive index regime, nonlinear light interaction of the desired type will result. Studying the dynamics of this interaction in detail is the aim of this thesis.
Kathryn E. Rasmussen, 2008
9
Effects of Positive and Negative Emotion Elicitation on ...
The positive psychology movement has drawn attention to the benefits of positive emotion.
Matthew David Ruiz, 2008
10
Beckett, Joyce and the Art of the Negative
I think that we can speak of such a resemblance and that the understanding of its function might yield new insights into a vital aspect of Beckett's work, which is his interest in “nothingness” and his commitment to thinking in the negative. At least ...
Colleen Jaurretche, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IN THE NEGATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term in the negative is used in the context of the following news items.
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Everolimus Activity Linked With PIK3CA/PTEN Status in HER2 …
FGFR1/ZNF703 were altered in 16.7% of patients in the HR-positive arm versus 2.7% of those in the negative arm (P <.0001). TP53 was ... «OncLive, Jul 15»
2
EU debate will expose fissures in British society - The Irish Times
For now, the answer to that question in the minds of many is in the negative, while few would care much that the answer will have changed ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
The private sector is holding back recovery: Arjya Kumar Chattoraj …
As long as WPI (Wholesale Price Index) inflation remains in the negative territory, the backdrop for Indian equities will remain challenging. «Livemint, Jul 15»
4
Computational Prediction and Validation of BAHD1 as a Novel …
Taken together, these results suggest an essential role of BAHD1 in the negative regulation of the starting point of the pathway through the TNF ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
5
Dallas Stars Sign Free Agent Defenseman Johnny Oduya For Next …
... player (like most of the Hawks), he was slightly in the negative in both scoring chances and high-danger scoring chances allowed. Oduya is ... «Defending Big D, Jul 15»
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Govt to soon announce interest subvention scheme for exporters …
Loans at subsidised rates will help exporters boost shipments as the country's exports were in the negative zone during the past seven months. «Economic Times, Jul 15»
7
Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations: Public's right should prevail over …
... questions would be in the negative. The BJP has approached the court with the contention that it hasn't factored in Hindus' fundamental right ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
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CD issuances drop amid slow credit growth, ample liquidity | The …
Sanjay Arya, executive director at United Bank of India, says liquidity in the banking system earlier used to be in the negative zone, quite in ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
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YB Lim Guan Eng in conversation - The Malaysian Insider
He surprisingly replied in the negative (surprising because I thought his optimism was insurmountable!). He believed DAP needed coalition ... «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
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Matibini Orders Home Affairs Minister to Issue Statement on …
... Vice President's Question time on whether citizens should carry arms to protect themselves from violence and she answered in the negative,” ... «Zambia Reports, Jul 15»

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