diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 45d6914..2d75202 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- all expressions now respond to `#negative?` / `#negated?`
+  - previously only sets, props, and posix classes did
+- implemented `#negative?` / `#negated?` for more applicable expressions
+  - `\B`, `\D`, `\H`, `\S`, `\W`, `(?!...)`, `(?<!...)`
+
 ## [2.8.3] - 2023-12-04 - Janosch Müller
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/lib/regexp_parser/expression.rb b/lib/regexp_parser/expression.rb
index 5f91566..a383ea3 100644
--- a/lib/regexp_parser/expression.rb
+++ b/lib/regexp_parser/expression.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 require 'regexp_parser/expression/methods/human_name'
 require 'regexp_parser/expression/methods/match'
 require 'regexp_parser/expression/methods/match_length'
+require 'regexp_parser/expression/methods/negative'
 require 'regexp_parser/expression/methods/options'
 require 'regexp_parser/expression/methods/parts'
 require 'regexp_parser/expression/methods/printing'
diff --git a/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/character_set.rb b/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/character_set.rb
index 11c2a4f..b952897 100644
--- a/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/character_set.rb
+++ b/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/character_set.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 module Regexp::Expression
   class CharacterSet < Regexp::Expression::Subexpression
     attr_accessor :closed, :negative
-
-    alias :negative? :negative
-    alias :negated?  :negative
-    alias :closed?   :closed
+    alias :closed? :closed
 
     def initialize(token, options = {})
       self.negative = false
diff --git a/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/posix_class.rb b/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/posix_class.rb
index df8da78..7c4ac9e 100644
--- a/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/posix_class.rb
+++ b/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/posix_class.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 module Regexp::Expression
   class PosixClass < Regexp::Expression::Base
-    def negative?
-      type == :nonposixclass
-    end
-
     def name
       text[/\w+/]
     end
diff --git a/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/unicode_property.rb b/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/unicode_property.rb
index 968d4c9..4ac0606 100644
--- a/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/unicode_property.rb
+++ b/lib/regexp_parser/expression/classes/unicode_property.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 module Regexp::Expression
   module UnicodeProperty
     class Base < Regexp::Expression::Base
-      def negative?
-        type == :nonproperty
-      end
-
       def name
         text[/\A\\[pP]\{([^}]+)\}\z/, 1]
       end
diff --git a/lib/regexp_parser/expression/methods/negative.rb b/lib/regexp_parser/expression/methods/negative.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ee167b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/regexp_parser/expression/methods/negative.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module Regexp::Expression
+  module Shared
+    def negative?
+      false
+    end
+
+    # not an alias so as to respect overrides of #negative?
+    def negated?
+      negative?
+    end
+  end
+
+  Anchor::NonWordBoundary.class_eval       { def negative?; true                     end }
+  Assertion::NegativeLookahead.class_eval  { def negative?; true                     end }
+  Assertion::NegativeLookbehind.class_eval { def negative?; true                     end }
+  CharacterSet.class_eval                  { def negative?; negative                 end }
+  CharacterType::Base.class_eval           { def negative?; token.start_with?('non') end }
+  PosixClass.class_eval                    { def negative?; type == :nonposixclass   end }
+  UnicodeProperty::Base.class_eval         { def negative?; type == :nonproperty     end }
+end
diff --git a/spec/expression/methods/negative_spec.rb b/spec/expression/methods/negative_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a26c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/expression/methods/negative_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe('Expression::Base#negative?') do
+  include_examples 'parse', //,            []  => [:root,             negative?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', /a/,           [0] => [:literal,          negative?: false]
+
+  include_examples 'parse', /\b/,          [0] => [:word_boundary,    negative?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', /\B/,          [0] => [:nonword_boundary, negative?: true]
+
+  include_examples 'parse', /(?=)/,        [0] => [:lookahead,        negative?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', /(?!)/,        [0] => [:nlookahead,       negative?: true]
+
+  include_examples 'parse', /(?<=)/,       [0] => [:lookbehind,       negative?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', /(?<!)/,       [0] => [:nlookbehind,      negative?: true]
+
+  include_examples 'parse', /[a]/,         [0] => [:character,        negative?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', /[^a]/,        [0] => [:character,        negative?: true]
+
+  include_examples 'parse', /\d/,          [0] => [:digit,            negative?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', /\D/,          [0] => [:nondigit,         negative?: true]
+
+  include_examples 'parse', /[[:word:]]/,  [0, 0] => [:word,          negative?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', /[[:^word:]]/, [0, 0] => [:word,          negative?: true]
+
+  include_examples 'parse', /\p{word}/,    [0] => [:word,             negative?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', /\p{^word}/,   [0] => [:word,             negative?: true]
+
+  include_examples 'parse', //,            []  => [:root,             negated?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', /[^a]/,        [0] => [:character,        negated?: true]
+end
diff --git a/spec/parser/posix_classes_spec.rb b/spec/parser/posix_classes_spec.rb
index d7b8ea3..b413189 100644
--- a/spec/parser/posix_classes_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/parser/posix_classes_spec.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 RSpec.describe('PosixClass parsing') do
   include_examples 'parse', /[[:word:]]/,
     [0]    => [CharacterSet, count: 1],
-    [0, 0] => [:posixclass,    :word, PosixClass, name: 'word', text: '[:word:]', negative?: false]
+    [0, 0] => [:posixclass,    :word, PosixClass, name: 'word', text: '[:word:]']
   include_examples 'parse', /[[:^word:]]/,
     [0]    => [CharacterSet, count: 1],
-    [0, 0] => [:nonposixclass, :word, PosixClass, name: 'word', text: '[:^word:]', negative?: true]
+    [0, 0] => [:nonposixclass, :word, PosixClass, name: 'word', text: '[:^word:]']
 
   # cases treated as regular subsets by Ruby, not as (invalid) posix classes
   include_examples 'parse', '[[:ab]c:]',
diff --git a/spec/parser/properties_spec.rb b/spec/parser/properties_spec.rb
index 48652ef..30e5e0e 100644
--- a/spec/parser/properties_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/parser/properties_spec.rb
@@ -2,32 +2,32 @@
 
 RSpec.describe('Property parsing') do
   # test various notations supported by Ruby
-  include_examples 'parse', '\p{sd}',           0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, negative?: false]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\p{SD}',           0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, negative?: false]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\p{Soft Dotted}',  0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, negative?: false]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\p{Soft-Dotted}',  0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, negative?: false]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\p{sOfT_dOtTeD}',  0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, negative?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\p{sd}',           0 => [:property, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\p{SD}',           0 => [:property, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\p{Soft Dotted}',  0 => [:property, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\p{Soft-Dotted}',  0 => [:property, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\p{sOfT_dOtTeD}',  0 => [:property, :soft_dotted]
 
   # test ^-negation
-  include_examples 'parse', '\p{^sd}',          0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted, negative?: true]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\p{^SD}',          0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted, negative?: true]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\p{^Soft Dotted}', 0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted, negative?: true]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\p{^Soft-Dotted}', 0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted, negative?: true]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\p{^sOfT_dOtTeD}', 0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted, negative?: true]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\p{^sd}',          0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\p{^SD}',          0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\p{^Soft Dotted}', 0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\p{^Soft-Dotted}', 0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\p{^sOfT_dOtTeD}', 0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted]
 
   # test P-negation
-  include_examples 'parse', '\P{sd}',           0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted, negative?: true]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\P{SD}',           0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted, negative?: true]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\P{Soft Dotted}',  0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted, negative?: true]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\P{Soft-Dotted}',  0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted, negative?: true]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\P{sOfT_dOtTeD}',  0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted, negative?: true]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\P{sd}',           0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\P{SD}',           0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\P{Soft Dotted}',  0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\P{Soft-Dotted}',  0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\P{sOfT_dOtTeD}',  0 => [:nonproperty, :soft_dotted]
 
   # double negation is positive again
-  include_examples 'parse', '\P{^sd}',          0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, negative?: false]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\P{^SD}',          0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, negative?: false]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\P{^Soft Dotted}', 0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, negative?: false]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\P{^Soft-Dotted}', 0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, negative?: false]
-  include_examples 'parse', '\P{^sOfT_dOtTeD}', 0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, negative?: false]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\P{^sd}',          0 => [:property, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\P{^SD}',          0 => [:property, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\P{^Soft Dotted}', 0 => [:property, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\P{^Soft-Dotted}', 0 => [:property, :soft_dotted]
+  include_examples 'parse', '\P{^sOfT_dOtTeD}', 0 => [:property, :soft_dotted]
 
   # test #shortcut
   include_examples 'parse', '\p{soft_dotted}',  0 => [:property, :soft_dotted, shortcut: 'sd']
diff --git a/spec/parser/set/intersections_spec.rb b/spec/parser/set/intersections_spec.rb
index 8ff5c43..e5aa373 100644
--- a/spec/parser/set/intersections_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/parser/set/intersections_spec.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     [0, 0, 0]    => [CharacterSet::IntersectedSequence, count: 1],
     [0, 0, 0, 0] => [CharacterSet::Range, count: 2],
     [0, 0, 1]    => [CharacterSet::IntersectedSequence, count: 1],
-    [0, 0, 1, 0] => [CharacterSet, count: 1, negative?: true]
+    [0, 0, 1, 0] => [CharacterSet, count: 1]
 
   include_examples 'parse', /[a&&a-z]/,
     [0]          => [CharacterSet, count: 1],
diff --git a/spec/parser/sets_spec.rb b/spec/parser/sets_spec.rb
index 3949ea8..c508d5c 100644
--- a/spec/parser/sets_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/parser/sets_spec.rb
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
     [0, 1, 1, 0] => [:literal, :literal,   Literal,      text: 'c',           set_level: 3]
 
   include_examples 'parse', '[a[^b[c]]]',
-    [0]          => [:set,     :character, CharacterSet, text: '[', count: 2, set_level: 0, negative?: false],
+    [0]          => [:set,     :character, CharacterSet, text: '[', count: 2, set_level: 0],
     [0, 0]       => [:literal, :literal,   Literal,      text: 'a',           set_level: 1],
-    [0, 1]       => [:set,     :character, CharacterSet, text: '[', count: 2, set_level: 1, negative?: true],
+    [0, 1]       => [:set,     :character, CharacterSet, text: '[', count: 2, set_level: 1],
     [0, 1, 0]    => [:literal, :literal,   Literal,      text: 'b',           set_level: 2],
-    [0, 1, 1]    => [:set,     :character, CharacterSet, text: '[', count: 1, set_level: 2, negative?: false],
+    [0, 1, 1]    => [:set,     :character, CharacterSet, text: '[', count: 1, set_level: 2],
     [0, 1, 1, 0] => [:literal, :literal,   Literal,      text: 'c',           set_level: 3]
 
   include_examples 'parse', '[aaa]',