negative capability

短语

词形变化

negative capabilities 复数 negative capabilities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The capacity of artists to pursue ideals of beauty, perfection and sublimity even when it leads them into intellectual confusion and uncertainty, as opposed to a preference for philosophical certainty over artistic beauty.

    可数 不可数

词源

Coined by John Keats in an 1817 letter.

来源：wiktionary