negation

See also Negation

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

negation (countable and uncountable; plural negations)

1. (uncountable) The act of negating something.
2. (countable) A denial or contradiction.
3. (logic, countable) A proposition that is true if and only if another one is false; a proposition resulting from the application to another proposition of the logical operation "not".
4. (logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.

Hypernyms

• logical connective

Related terms

• negate
• negative
• negativeness
• negativism
• negativity

Translations

act of negating something

Arabic: نفي (ar) (nafy) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 否定 (cmn) (fǒudìng) Esperanto: neado (eo) French: négation (fr) f. German: Verneinung (de) f., Negierung (de) f. Hungarian: tagadás (hu)

Icelandic: neitun (is) f. Japanese: 否定 (ja) (ひてい, hitei) Norwegian: Bokmål: nektelse (nb) m. Polish: zaprzeczenie n., zaprzeczanie n., negacja f., negowanie n. Romanian: negare (ro) f., negație (ro) f. Russian: отрицание (ru) (otricánije) n.

denial or contradiction

Arabic: إنكار (ar) ('inkaar) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 拒絕 (cmn), 拒绝 (cmn) (jùjué), 否認 (cmn), 否认 (cmn) (fǒurèn) French: négation (fr) f. German: Verneinung (de) f.

Icelandic: neitun (is) f. Japanese: 否決 (ja) (ひけつ, hiketsu), 否認 (ja) (ひにん, hinin) Norwegian: Bokmål: nektelse (nb) m., avvisning (nb) m. Polish: odmowa f. Russian: отказ (ru) (otkáz) m., опровержение (ru) (oproveržénije) n. (refutal)

negation in logic

Arabic: نفي (ar) (nafy) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 否定 (cmn) (fǒudìng) Czech: negace (cs) f. French: négation (fr) f. German: Negation (de) f.

Icelandic: neitun (is) f. Japanese: 否定 (ja) (ひてい, hitei) Norwegian: Bokmål: negasjon (nb) m. Polish: negacja (pl) f. Russian: отрицание (ru) (otricánije) n.

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Italian: negazione f.