Meaning of NEGATION
| Pronunciation: | | ni'geyshun
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- [n] (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
- [n] the speech act of negating
- [n] a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
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| | See Also: | | cancellation, contradiction, denial, proposition, statement | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to
deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. ah to
say; cf. F. n['e]gation. See {No}, adv., and cf. {Adage},
{Deny}, {Renegade}.]
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 {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.
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