negativist
1. someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked • Hypernyms: balker, baulker, noncompliant 2. someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions • Syn: defeatist • Derivationally related forms: negativism, defeat (for: defeatist), defeatism (for: defeatist) • Hypernyms: pessimist
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