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Negation
| Negation Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Negation?
[n] (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
[n] the speech act of negating
[n] a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
Synonyms | Synonyms for Negation:
Related Terms | Find terms related to Negation: abnegation |
abolishment |
abolition |
absence |
annihilation |
annulment |
antagonism |
argumentation |
bucking |
challenge |
choking |
choking off |
clashing |
conflict |
contention |
contradiction |
contraposition |
contravention |
contraversion |
controversy |
counteraction |
counterworking |
crosscurrent |
crossing |
declension |
declination |
declinature |
declining |
denial |
deprivation |
deracination |
difference |
disaccord |
disaccordance |
disagreement |
disallowance |
disclaimer |
disclamation |
disconfirmation |
discord |
discordance |
discordancy |
discrepancy |
disharmony |
disobedience |
disparity |
disproof |
disproval |
disproving |
dissension |
dissent |
dissidence |
dissonance |
disunion |
disunity |
divergence |
diversity |
elimination |
emptiness |
eradication |
explosion |
expose |
exposure |
extermination |
extinction |
extinguishment |
extirpation |
faction |
gainsaying |
head wind |
holding back |
impugnation |
impugnment |
inaccordance |
inequality |
invalidation |
jarring |
liquidation |
nay |
negative |
negative answer |
negativeness |
negativity |
nihility |
nix |
no |
nonacceptance |
nonbeing |
noncompliance |
nonconsent |
nonentity |
nonexistence |
nonobservance |
nonoccurrence |
nonreality |
nonsubsistence |
not-being |
nothingness |
nullification |
nullity |
opposing |
opposition |
opposure |
oppugnancy |
oppugnation |
purge |
rebutment |
rebuttal |
recantation |
redargution |
reductio ad absurdum |
refusal |
rejection |
repudiation |
repugnance |
resistance |
retention |
rooting out |
silencing |
snuffing out |
standing against |
stifling |
strangulation |
suffocation |
suppression |
thumbs-down |
traversal |
turndown |
unactuality |
undercurrent |
unharmoniousness |
unreality |
unwillingness |
uprooting |
vacancy |
vacuity |
vacuum |
variance |
void |
voiding |
withholding
See Also | cancellation |
contradiction |
denial |
proposition |
statement
Negation In Webster's Dictionary
\Ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to
deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. ah to
say; cf. F. n['e]gation. See {No}, adv., and cf. {Adage},
{Deny}, {Renegade}.]
1. The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or
untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is
not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the
opposite of {affirmation}.
Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay.
--Rogers.
2. (Logic) Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or
exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not,
from which may be inferred what it is or has.
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