negativity
the fact that something such as a test has a positive result: （测试等）有正面结果
a 3 per cent positivity rate3%的正面结果

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hoping and hopefulness
appealingly
beyond someone's expectations
boosterish
boosterism
bright spot
fancy
hope springs eternalidiom
hopeful
hopefully
hopefulness
ill
it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)idiom
over-optimism
over-optimistic
over-optimistically
pin your hopes on something/someoneidiom
pious
pipe dream
positively
wing

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Marks & results
Yes, no & not

Examples of positivity

positivity
In particular, if admits a generalized indifferent periodic point, then the densities of these conditional measures fail to hold strict positivity.
Indeed, if the last action of c is positive, then we do not get a design: we must add a daimon to ensure positivity.
Furthermore, we used lower cut-off values for positivity than those recommended by the manufacturer in order to detect lower antibody levels.
A negativity bias seems immature only if maltreated children's activities are analyzed with a perspective that assumes a positivity bias as the norm.
In this way, we use a discrete model to describe the individual's level of positivity in each observational block.
Extent of margin positivity is a predictor of both local recurrence and residual disease at re-excision.
Additionally, they may have missed out on important oppor tunities to observe and learn skills that promote and maintain positivity between friends.
The normative positivity bias seen in nonmaltreated children and adults is often replaced by a negativity bias among maltreated individuals.
Mathematically this is a very challenging problem, since the positivity of v is critical, at the technical level, for obtaining the necessary estimates.
Figure 5 demonstrates that violations with final stress produced an extended negativity effect between 400 and 1050 ms, but no positivity effect.
The wide and intrusive presence of anything in our life is not sufficient argument for the positivity and appropriateness of that 'anything'.
However, we do not have data on the positivity rate in haemoculture.
Thus, the observed positivity effect reflects a reanalysis process rather than a mere evaluation process concerning the correctness of the presented stress patterns.
A visual inspection revealed a negativity effect for both violation types and a positivity effect only for violations with penultimate stress.
Saving or maintaining face is a way to defend 'ingroup positivity', or collective self-esteem (p. 27).
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