Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other. Contrasted with neutral and electropositive
Referring to the property of electronegativity.The most electronegative element isfluorine, having an electronegativity of 4.0 on the Pauling scale.Non-metals are more electronegative than metals.