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Definition of Negation
1. Noun. A negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement.
2. Noun. The speech act of negating.
Generic synonyms: Denial, Disaffirmation
Specialized synonyms: Contradiction, Cancellation
Derivative terms: Negate
Specialized synonyms: Contradiction, Cancellation
Derivative terms: Negate
3. Noun. (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false.
Definition of Negation
1. n. 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.
Definition of Negation
1. the act of negating [n -S]
Medical Definition of Negation
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