Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The degree of exactness reached in the scientific determination of phenomena.
- noun Positiveness in any sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Positiveness.
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- noun uncountable The condition of being
positive (in all senses);positivism - noun countable The result of being positive.
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- noun the character of the positive electric pole
- noun the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about
- noun the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
- noun an amount greater than zero
- noun a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maybe the positivity is starting to sink in already.
Must Watch: Jim Carrey's Yes Man Teaser Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008
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While a third round of quantitative easing could arguably justify some short-term positivity -- especially given the rally after its second iteration -- implied earnings growth in the market suggest bears are in control.
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Founder editor Rob Kall has a 30 year background in biofeedback and self regulation and over 15 years in what he has called positivity and what the American Psychological Association calls Positive Psychology.
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Founder editor Rob Kall has a 30 year background in biofeedback and self regulation and over 15 years in what he has called positivity and what the American Psychological Association calls Positive Psychology.
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That, at least, is the implication of some recent research on what's called the "positivity bias."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Wray Herbert 2012
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While participants read the words in silence, scientists recorded brain potentials associated to events (ERPs), which showed three main effects-the first one is that, over the 150 ms window, identical strings and strings including visually similar numbers, compared to control strings, caused a reduction in positivity, that is, in the ease of recognition.
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The first one is that, over the 150 ms window, identical strings and strings including visually similar numbers, compared to control strings, caused a reduction in positivity, that is, in the ease of recognition.
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The actors are uglier, and they swear more, but I still maintain that the Milch-speak of NYPD was more creative, and the 11-year redemption of Andy Sipowicz is a glorious affirmation of hope and positivity which is actually more “realistic” than the acceptance of despair in The Wire, The Shield, and other “gritty, realistic” TV dramas.
Mentalist « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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If we Nigerians dare to have this same kind of positivity-we too, can have change we can believe in. rethots
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Talking to folks there, before and after the event, there seemed to be a genuine feeling of "positivity" and hope with the campaign.
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