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   negation

   /nɪˈɡeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the contradiction or denial of something: "there should be confirmation—or negation—of the findings" Similar denialcontradictionrepudiationdisprovingrefutationrefutingrebuttalcounteringdisclaimingnullificationcancellationvoidingrevocationrescindingabrogationrepealretractiondisaffirmationrare:disprovalOpposite confirmationaffirmationsubstantiation
   • ▪ denial of the truth of a clause or sentence, typically involving the use of a negative word (e.g. not, no, never) or a word or affix with negative force (e.g. nothing, non-).
   • ▪ a proposition whose assertion specifically denies the truth of another proposition: "the negation of A is, briefly, ‘not A’"
   • ▪ inversion: "these formulae and their negations"
   • 2. the absence or opposite of something actual or positive: "evil is not merely the negation of goodness" Similar oppositereverseantithesiscontraryinverseconverseabsencelackwantdeficiency

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin negatio(n-), from the verb negare ‘deny’ (see negate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. negatory adjective

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