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negation

/nɪˈɡeɪʃən/

negationnoun

negations

/nɪˈɡeɪʃən/

Translations

The philosopher discussed the concept of negation in his lecture.

Философ обсуждал концепцию отрицания в своей лекции.

Additional translations

Definitions

The contradiction or denial of something.

The statement was a clear negation of the previous agreement.

A logical operation that yields true when its operand is false and false when its operand is true.

In propositional calculus, the negation of p is symbolised as ¬p.

The absence or opposite of something actual or positive.

The concept of darkness is often considered a negation of light.

The grammatical construction that expresses a negative meaning, typically with words such as 'not' or 'no'.

English marks negation with the word 'not' in the clause 'She did not go.'

Synonyms

negationadjective

/nɪˈɡeɪʃən/

Used attributively before another noun to denote relation to or involving negation; normally ungradable.

Definitions

Relating to, involving, or expressing negation.

We introduced a negation operator to reverse the truth value of the statement.