Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudonegative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseudoneg-a-tive
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a negative state or condition.

Example Sentences

"The pseudonegative reaction must be carefully differentiated from the positive reaction. It is anaphylactic in nature and due to autolyzed diphtheria bacillus protein."
"The first paper, "The hypnotic induction of hallucinatory color vision followed by pseudonegative afterimages," introduces an ingenious experimental paradigm whereby Erickson is able to explore the genuineness of hallucinatory color vision."
"Primary and pseudonegative symptoms. It seems likely that the core deficits in the negative syndrome are poverty of affect and poverty of ideation."

Etymology

From pseudo- + negative.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pseudo

Questions

What does pseudonegative mean?: Resembling a negative state or condition.
Where does pseudonegative come from?: From pseudo- + negative.

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