positivity (pozitiviti)

[= F. positivité; as positive + -ity.] Positivene in any sense. There is a time, as Solomon. fool should be answered according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit, and lest others too easily yield up their faith and reason to his imperious dictates. Courage and positivity are never more nece ary than on such an occasion. Watts, Improvement of Mind, i. 9. The property which renders a structure capable of undergoing excitatory change is expre ed by relative pos i tivity , the condition of discharge by relative negativity. Nature , XXXVIII. 141. [ posit or , one who positort (poz'i-tor), n. lays, a builder, founder,