Despair and Negativity

Despair

Despair noun - Utter loss of hope.

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Negativity and despair are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Negativity" instead a noun "Despair".

Negativity noun - Habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands.

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Despair and negativity are semantically related. You can use "Despair" instead a noun "Negativity".

pure	pure despair	pure negativity
present	present despair	present negativity
many	many despair	many negativity
constant	constant despair	constant negativity
Other adjectives: extreme, great, combined, general, outright, overwhelming.

Instead, it's a crystalline embodiment of despair and hopelessness, given form because how much negativity has been going around in the Pokémon world as of late.

Source: Outside-Context Problem
Despite all the negativity in the world, the characters are always shown to ultimately prevail no matter how much trauma is thrown their way, with very few named characters actually crossing the Despair Event Horizon.

Source: Light Novel / The Legend of the Legendary Heroes

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