negation as a noun: - 1
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negation
noun
1 negation
A negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement.
Roget 468:
counter evidence;
evidence on the other side,
evidence on the other hand;
conflicting evidence,
contradictory evidence,
opposing evidence;
disproof,
refutation
etc.
479;
negation
etc.
536.
plea
etc.
617;
vindication
etc.
937;
counter protest;
'tu quoque' argument;"
other side of the shield,
other side of the coin,
reverse of the shield.
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Roget 536:
negation,
abnegation;
denial;
disavowal,
disclaimer;
abjuration;
contradiction,
contravention;
recusation [Law],
protest;
recusancy
etc.
(dissent)
489;
flat contradiction,
emphatic contradiction,
emphatic denial,
dementi [Lat.].
qualification
etc.
469;
repudiation
etc.
610;
retraction
etc.
607;
confutation
etc.
479;
refusal
etc.
764;
prohibition
etc.
761.
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Dutch: negatie
Polish: przeczenie, negacja
2 negation
The speech act of negating.
3 negation
logic A proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false.
Polish: negacja
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