Negatiivisemmat

Negatiivisemmat is a Finnish adjective form meaning "more negative" and is used to describe a plural noun. It is the plural comparative form of negatiivinen, which means negative. The singular comparative is negatiivisempi, while negatiivisemmat serves as the nominative (and accusative) plural form.

Morphology and agreement: negatiivisemmat is formed from the stem of negatiivinen by adding the comparative suffix and the plural ending. Like other Finnish adjectives, it agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. For example, negatiivisemmat tulokset means “the more negative results,” while negatiivisemmat vaihtoehdot would refer to “the more negative options” in the plural.

Usage: negatiivisemmat is used to compare degrees of negativity between two or more sets of items. It often appears in journalism, analysis, and opinion where higher negativity is being contrasted with a reference group or previous state. The word can be inflected to align with different cases, such as negatiivisempien (genitive plural) or negatiivisimmissa (illative plural), depending on the sentence structure.

Examples:

- Nämä uutiset ovat negatiivisemmat kuin aiemmat. (These news are more negative than the previous ones.)

- Negatiivisemmat tulokset viittaavat suurempaan riskiin. (The more negative results indicate a greater risk.)

See also: negatiivinen, the positive/comparative and superlative forms of Finnish adjectives, Finnish grammar.

Negatiivisemmat thus functions as a standard plural comparative adjective in Finnish, used to express a higher degree of negativity in reference to plural nouns.