Negation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
  2. a denial: a negation of one's former beliefs.
  3. something that is without existence; nonentity.
  4. the absence or opposite of something that is actual, positive, or affirmative: Darkness is the negation of light.
  5. a negative statement, idea, concept, doctrine, etc.; a contradiction, refutation, or rebuttal: a shameless lie that demands a negation.
noun
  1. the opposite or absence of something
  2. a negative thing or condition
  3. the act or an instance of negating
  4. logic
    • the operator that forms one sentence from another and corresponds to the English not
    • a sentence so formed. It is usually written –p, ~p, ̄p or ⇁ p, where p is the given sentence, and is false when the given sentence is true, and true when it is false
Negation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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