negation
pronunciation
How to pronounce negation in British English:
UK [nɪˈgeɪʃn]
How to pronounce negation in American English:
US [nɪˈgeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- negation (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French negacion (12c.) and directly from Latin negationem (nominative negatio) "denial," noun of action from past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Work is the negation of eternity .
- 2. But this ' together ' is the counterpart and negation of the part .
- 3. On the one side limit makes the reality of a thing ; on the other it is its negation .
- 4. Anyone can see however that this most real of beings , in which negation forms no part , is the very opposite of what it ought to be and of what understanding supposes it to be .
- 5. But it is the notion of which being is the negation : and the notion is completely self identical in its otherness , and is the certainty of itself .