Definition of negation

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Negation (adv.) Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has..

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Nonentity :: Nonentity (n.) Nonexistence; the negation of being.
Privative :: Privative (a.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less..
Negation :: Negation (adv.) The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation..
Negatory :: Negatory (a.) Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative.
Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting opposition or negation.
No :: No (adv.) Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic..
Affirmation :: Affirmation (n.) The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.
Privation :: Privation (n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
Nonexistence :: Nonexistence (n.) Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity.
Renegation :: Renegation (n.) A denial.
Abnegation :: Abnegation (n.) a denial; a renunciation.
Negative :: Negative (a.) Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative..
Negation :: Negation (adv.) Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has..
Disaffirmation :: Disaffirmation (n.) The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.
Not :: Not (adv.) A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal..
Denegation :: Denegation (n.) Denial.
Self-abnegation :: Self-abnegation (n.) Self-denial; self-renunciation; self-sacrifice.
Denial :: Denial (n.) The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation..
Disaffirmance :: Disaffirmance (n.) The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.
Necessity :: Necessity (n.) The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism..
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