negation in English

noun

1

the contradiction or denial of something.

there should be confirmation—or negation—of the findings

synonyms: denial, contradiction, repudiation, refutation, rebuttal, nullification, cancellation, revocation, repeal, retraction, abrogation

2

the absence or opposite of something actual or positive.

evil is not merely the negation of goodness

synonyms: opposite, reverse, antithesis, contrary, inverse, converse, absence, want

noun

• denial, contradiction, repudiation, refutation, rebuttal, nullification, cancellation, revocation, repeal, retraction, abrogation
• opposite, reverse, antithesis, contrary, inverse, converse, absence, want

Use "negation" in a sentence

1. The Anticlassicalist } { i: linguistic negation

2. A negation is profound talking.

3. This is negation, not support.

4. The editor grimaced, gesturing in negation.

5. No reasonable negation can be offered.

6. Performs logical negation on an expression.

7. Consensus is the negation of leadership.

8. She shook her head in negation.

9. Shaking the head is a sign of negation.

10. The foundation of all determinateness is negation.

11. He shook his head in silent negation.

12. This theory is a negation of all traditional beliefs.

13. Irena shook her head, but in Bewilderment, not negation

14. 16 This political system was the negation of democracy.

15. Irena shook her head, but in bewilderment, not negation.

16. Restriction on Miranda rule does not mean negation to the rule.

17. The life of an evil man is a moral negation.

18. Evolution by natural selection is' the direct negation of organic growth.

19. Some phenomena of negation in Chinese can be explained by entailment.

20. Much of what passes for Christianity is a negation of Christ's teachings.

21. It is a very unfair situation, Amounting to a negation of rights

22. Such knowledge by itself leads to a Buddhistic negation of the will.

23. Ambiguous situations may cause humans to affirm both a proposition and its negation.

24. Just as unceasingly are the sounds of argumentation and negation to be heard.

25. By Brahmanism, I mean the negation of the spirit of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity

26. Apophatic (Adjective) Pertaining to knowledge of god obtained through negation rather than positive assertions.

27. And discrimination, especially when waged against the weakest, is the absolute negation of solidarity.

28. And discrimination, especially when waged against the weakest, is the absolute negation of solidarity

29. 4 Just as unceasingly are the sounds of argumentation and negation to be heard.

30. This is a perfect example of the mechanism of negation as postulated by Sigmund Freud.

31. Antidoting refers to the blocking, or negation, or reversal of the positive action of a remedy

32. Antonyms for Avouchment include disavowal, rejection, denial, disclaimer, contradiction, repudiation, renunciation, disowning, negation and recantation

33. 1 Unintelligible legislation is the negation of the rule of law and of parliamentary democracy.

34. 27 Unintelligible legislation is the negation of the rule of law and of parliamentary democracy.

35. Antidoting: Homeopathy The negation of the effect of a homeopathic remedy by another substance or factor.

36. Secondly, the acceptance of unilateralism represents the absolute negation of the United Nations and its raison d'être

37. In the DBA argument ‘Bivalence’ means that for each sentence, either it or its negation is T, as shown by (1), and denying Bivalence is taken to be denying that either “P” or its negation is true.

38. What does Apophatic mean? Pertaining to knowledge of god obtained through negation rather than positive assertions

39. Generally speaking, negation is an automorphism of any abelian group, but not of a ring or field.

40. Doing without negation is a particularly helpful feature(http://Sentencedict.com), for a reason which will be explained below.

41. Comprehension of negative sentences is facilitated when negation is being used to fulfil one of these functions.

42. Secondly, metaphor presupposition can be judged successfully by the true-false value method and the "negation test".

43. Perhaps Louis was also stung by the threatened negation of his own youthful exploits on the March.

44. Secondly, the acceptance of unilateralism represents the absolute negation of the United Nations and its raison d’être.

45. (Beckett, as usual, defines this trend by negation, constraining his characters to more stationary forms of existential Bewailment

46. It was there that the experience of humiliation and the negation of humanity found its most absolute expression

47. Other missions include transport of personnel, anti-smuggling negation patrols, and as a logistic ship for small craft.

48. Definition of Contraposition : the relationship between two propositions when the subject and predicate of one are respectively the negation of the predicate and the negation of the subject of the other First Known Use of Contraposition 1551, in the meaning defined above

49. The final one is Contrapositive which is taking the negation of all the variables in the converse of the statement

50. Affirmation depends on negation: white is valued at the expense of black; youth acquires status through the devaluation of ageing.