negativity bias

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negativity bias (countable and uncountable, plural negativity biases)

  1. The notion that things of a more negative nature have a greater effect on one's psychological state than neutral or positive things.
    Synonyms: negativity effect, negative bias
    • 2015 January 16, Pete Etchells, “Declinism: is the world actually getting worse?”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Just as there’s evidence for a positivity effect though, so too is there research suggesting the existence of a negativity bias.

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