negation
the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
a denial: a negation of one's former beliefs.
something that is without existence; nonentity.
the absence or opposite of something that is actual, positive, or affirmative: Darkness is the negation of light.
a negative statement, idea, concept, doctrine, etc.; a contradiction, refutation, or rebuttal: a shameless lie that demands a negation.
Origin of negation
1Other words from negation
- ne·ga·tion·al, adjective
- ne·ga·tion·ist, noun
- non·ne·ga·tion, noun
- re·ne·ga·tion, noun
Words Nearby negation
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How to use negation in a sentence
Tea Party politicians had campaigned on a platform of policy negation and government shutdown, and they achieved their aims.
If you have $300,000 to $400,000 in liability and get $100,000 in negation value, you’re losing money on the deal.
Future of TV Briefing: 5 takeaways from this year’s TV upfront market | Tim Peterson | July 28, 2021 | DigidayThis is just such a negation of the progress that we’ve made.
The ‘Mother of Lesbian History’ Looks Back — and Forward | Randy Dotinga | July 17, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThe first hurdle to restarting stimulus negations was cleared Tuesday when Democratic and Republican leaders came to terms on a stop-gap funding bill that would avert a government shutdown at the end of September.
Will House Democrats be able to revive $1,200 stimulus checks? | Lee Clifford | September 23, 2020 | Fortunenegation: Were there any related denying stories competing for attention?
TRAILS: The Tool That Tracks Truth and Lies On Twitter | Brandy Zadrozny | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It ended as a morality play about the failure to protect civil liberties…[and] the complete negation of the evidence of abuse.
How the ‘Witch Hunt’ Myth Undermined American Justice | Jason Berry | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Richard Phillips: negation of the Universe” will be on display at Dallas Contemporary through August 10, 2014.
In order to build a Jewish nation and society, Zionists classically engaged in “negation of the Diaspora,” or shlilat hagolah.
Jonathan Pollard Means Israeli-American Squabbling Instead of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiation | Raphael Magarik | July 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that treatise of Van de Water, the Belgian, on the sublimation of the sub-conscious by the negation of the self-censor.
"Oh, don't undertake to deny your eccentric taste," she returns, checking a negation on Adolphe's lips.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de BalzacThat old Spanish art of religion and dogma was changed under his hands to an art of negation and sarcasm.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherHe bellowed an angry command, but the Bugi closed his eyes and lowered his head resignedly, nodding in negation.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamShe sat absolutely still and made no sign except that of her obstinate face of negation.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
British Dictionary definitions for negation
/ (nɪˈɡeɪʃən) /
the opposite or absence of something
a negative thing or condition
the act or an instance of negating
logic
the operator that forms one sentence from another and corresponds to the English not
a sentence so formed. It is usually written –p, ~p, ̄p or ⇁ p, where p is the given sentence, and is false when the given sentence is true, and true when it is false
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