negatival, a.
(nɛgəˈtaɪvəl)
[f. negative n. + -al.]
Negative; negativistic; characterized by negation.
| 1936 J. J. Cohen Psychotherapy ii. 7 Psychophonism, or mental logography, is a word which I have coined to distinguish a psychotherapeutic system of negatival auto-suggestion from all rival systems which, all, start from an entirely wrong foundation, this in their being all alike positival in their psychology. 1966 J. E. Buse in C. E. Bazell In Memory of J. R. Firth 56 Phrases are classed as..negatival if they commence with a negative. |