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-ive (English)

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

negare (Latin)

-ivus (Latin)

Adjective suffix.

negativus (Latin)

(legal) inhibiting. Denied, negative, that which denies.

negative (English)

(New Age jargon) (pejorative) bad, unwanted, disagreeable, potentially damaging, to be avoided, unpleasant, difficult, painful; (often precedes 'energy', 'feeling', 'emotion' or 'thought').. (chemistry) metalloidal; nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.. (linguistics, logic) denying a proposition. (mathematics) of number, less than zero. (physics) of electrical charge of an [...]

nega- (English)

Antithesis; polar opposite.