positivity

English

Etymology

From positive +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pŏz'ĭtĭvʹĭti, IPA^(key): /ˌpɒz.ɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
• (General American) enPR: pŏ'zĭtĭvʹĭti, IPA^(key): /ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, [ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔz.ɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, [ˌpɔz.ɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi]

Noun

positivity (countable and uncountable, plural positivities)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism. Optimism.
2. (countable) The result of being positive.
3. (physics and chemistry) The characteristic of possessing a positive electric charge

Synonyms

• positiveness

Antonyms

• negativity

Derived terms

• body positivity
• copositivity
• electropositivity
• homopositivity
• immunopositivity
• nonpositivity
• positivity effect
• positivity rate
• semipositivity
• seropositivity

 

Translations

condition of being positive

• Catalan: positivitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: positiivisuus (fi), myönteisyys (fi), optimismi (fi); varmuus (fi) (being sure)
• French: positivité (fr) f
• German: Positivismus (de) m (phil.), Zuversichtlichkeit (de) f
• Italian: positività (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: kepositifan
• Maori: ngākaupaitanga
• Portuguese: positividade f
• Romanian: pozitivitate (ro) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: pozitívnosť
• Spanish: positividad f

the characteristic of possessing a positive electric charge

• Finnish: positiivisuus (fi)
• German: Elektropositivität f
• Maori: tōrungatanga