hypernegation

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Noun

Negation that reinforces, rather than cancels, other negation in a sentence.<ref>{{cite-web|en|titleurl=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/negation/#NegConRel|title=Negation|section=§ "Negative concord and its relations"|date=7 Jan 2015|work=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy}}</ref>

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