Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negativity bias

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: neg-a-tiv-i-ty bias
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The notion that things of a more negative nature have a greater effect on one's psychological state than neutral or positive things.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Just as there’s evidence for a positivity effect though, so too is there research suggesting the existence of a negativity bias."

Usage

Inflected Forms

negativity biases (plural)

Synonyms

negativity effect negative bias

Questions

What does negativity bias mean?: The notion that things of a more negative nature have a greater effect on one's psychological state than neutral or positive things.

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