Thesaurus: negation

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1. adv. 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.
2. adv. 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.
3. n. a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
4. n. the speech act of negating
5. n. (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
6. 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 Ant: 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.
7. Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception;statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may beinferred what it is or has.
8. n:100 n. a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement n. the speech act of negating n. (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false