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negation

n.
C1 Advanced US //nəˈɡeɪʃən// UK //nɪɡˈeɪʃən// nega·tion

n. the act of saying that something is not true or does not exist. You use this when you want to deny a statement.

n. the act of denying the truth or existence of something; the logical operation that produces a statement with the opposite truth value.


SIMPLE

The negation of 'the sky is blue' is 'the sky is not blue'.

CONTEXTUAL

In formal logic, the negation of a proposition is often represented by the symbol ¬.

COMPLEX

The philosopher argued that the negation of a universal statement is not merely a simple 'no' but a complex assertion of the existence of a counterexample.

Origin

From Middle English negacioun, from Old French negacion, from Latin negātiō (“a denial; negative word”). Morphologically negate + -ion.

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