negationheavy
Negationheavy is a descriptive term used in linguistics and discourse analysis to describe language that relies heavily on negation markers. It refers to texts or speech where negation occurs at a high density relative to a reference baseline, not a formal category. Negation markers commonly cited include not, no, never, nothing, and their contractions, as well as modal forms like cannot and won’t. The label can apply to both spoken and written registers, including political rhetoric, opinion journalism, and online commentary.
Researchers quantify negation density by counting negation tokens per thousand words or by comparing negation-to-affirmation ratios,
Caveats: negationheavy is relative and sensitive to genre, language, and translation. It can overlap with negative
Related terms include heavy negation, negation density, polarity marking, and discourse analysis.