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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.

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:

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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