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How to pronounce negation

IPA transcription: [nə'ɡeɪʃən]

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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

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.