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| 1. | the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge. |
| 2. | a denial: a negation of one's former beliefs. |
| 3. | something that is without existence; nonentity. |
| 4. | the absence or opposite of something that is actual, positive, or affirmative: Darkness is the negation of light. |
| 5. | a negative statement, idea, concept, doctrine, etc.; a contradiction, refutation, or rebuttal: a shameless lie that demands a negation. |
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Negation
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negation
1530, from M.Fr. negation, from L. negationem (nom. negatio) "denial," from negatus, pp. of negare "deny, say no" (see deny). The verb negate (1623) is a back-formation.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| negation | |
noun | |
| 1. | a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement |
| 2. | the speech act of negating |
| 3. | (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
negation
Af`fir*ma"tion\, n. [L. affirmatio: cf. F. affirmation.]1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. --Hooker. 2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial. 3. That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality. 4. (Law) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. --Bouvier.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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