negation
The act of negating somethingThe act of negating something.
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» In English, there's no double negation.
Im Englischen gibt es keine doppelte Verneinung. — Waldelfe
В английском нет двойного отрицания. — marafon
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5 senses(uncountable)The act of negating something.
Verneinung, Negierung
отрица́ниеotricánije
запере́ченняzaperéčennja
(countable)A denial or contradiction.
Verneinung
отка́зotkáz, опроверже́ниеoproveržénije
(countable)A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition, or insertion, of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
Negation
отрица́ниеotricánije
More meanings 2
(countable, uncountable)The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
(countable)A negative particle; a word, particularly an adverb, with a negative meaning: for instance, no and not in English, nōn, haud and nē in Latin, οὐ and μή in ancient Greek.
- a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
- the speech act of negating
- (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
Origin
From Middle English negacioun, from Old French negacion, from Latin negātiō (“a denial; neFrom Middle English negacioun, from Old French negacion, from Latin negātiō (“a denial; negative word”). Morphologically negate + -ion.
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plural: negationsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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