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negative In this historical psychology and logic usage, negative refers to something understood through negation or through the absence of a character rather than its presence.
In this historical psychology and logic usage, negative refers to something understood through negation or through the absence of a character rather than its presence. A negative name or term describes an object by what it lacks, and a negative mark is evidence based on a positive event not occurring under certain conditions.