Definition of "negativistic" [negativistic]

• Passive-aggressive (adjective)

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• "A pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant behavior lasting at least 6 months, during which four (or more) of the following are present:"
• "Quite a number of them are nefariously negativistic and narcissistic."
• "As a consequence of that failure, we still must deal with the forces -- which I regard as best understood in spiritual terms -- that expressed themselves through that Bushite regime, but are now finding outlets elsewhere, mostly through the increasingly mad, negativistic and (self -) destructive Republican Party, and through the damaged people who respond to such strife-loving, lie-ridden messages as come out of the mouths of the likes of Limbaugh and Cheney."