ネガティブ

also: ネガティヴ · ネガチブ · ネガチィブ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Describes a person's mindset, attitude, or outlook as pessimistic or unconstructive. Often used in contrast with ポジティブ.

Refers to a photographic negative, the inverted image on film. Technical term in photography.

Refers to the negative terminal or polarity in electrical contexts. Often used in contrast with ポジティブ or プラス.

ネガティブな態たい度どa negative/pessimistic attitude
彼かれはいつもネガティブな態たい度どをとる。
He always takes a negative attitude.
ネガティブな極きょくthe negative pole/terminal
電でん池ちのネガティブな極きょくを確かく認にんしてください。
Please check the negative terminal of the battery.
ネガティブに考かんがえるto think negatively/pessimistically about something
そんなにネガティブに考かんがえないほうがいいよ。
You shouldn't think so negatively.
ネガティブな影えい響きょうa negative effect/influence
そのニュースは市し場じょうにネガティブな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。
The news had a negative effect on the market.

悲ひ観かん的てきN1sense 1
悲観的 is a native Japanese adjective meaning pessimistic, while ネガティブ is the loanword often used more casually for a negative mindset or attitude.
陰いん性せい
ネガティブ is the common, casual loanword for a pessimistic outlook, while 陰性 in this sense sounds more literary and is used for describing disposition rather than everyday speech.
ネガN1
ネガ is the shortened, casual form used in speech, while ネガティブ is the fuller word used in both technical photography contexts and general descriptions of negative thinking.

ポジティブN1sense 1
positive; optimistic · positive (photography) · positive pole; anode

陰いん極きょく sense 3
陰極 is the formal scientific term for a negative electrode, while ネガティブ is the everyday loanword used for the same concept in casual electrical talk.

ネガティブUsage89%
Standard katakana spelling; the most common written form.
ネガティヴUsage11%
search-only kana form
Search-only variant with ヴ; not a common practical spelling.

Borrowed from English 'negative'. The spelling ネガティブ reflects the standard katakana adaptation of the English pronunciation.