American English pronunciation
How to pronounce negation
IPA transcription: [nə'ɡeɪʃən]
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Noun
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a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
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the speech act of negating
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(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
Usage examples
- He is remembered for his letters advocating extreme self-abnegation.
- In both systems the negation of the truth gives false.
- The negative version of a positive number is referred to as its negation.
- The negation connective is one obstacle, but not the only one.
- The interpretation of negation is different in intuitionist logic than in classical logic.