negativity

/ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvəti/
noun
  1. An attitude or outlook that focuses on the bad or unpleasant aspects of a situation; pessimism.
    • Her constant negativity made it hard for the team to stay motivated.
    • Try to avoid negativity when giving feedback to your coworkers.
    • The coach's negativity affected the players' confidence before the big game.
  2. The quality of being harmful, undesirable, or not positive.
    • We need to measure the negativity of the impact on the environment.
    • The report highlighted the negativity of the economic trends.
    • The negativity of the test results surprised the doctors.