negation

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Synonyms: legation, negatron, nugation, negaton, vexation, elation, relation, abnegation, velation, negative, nation

Antonyms: legation, negatron, nugation, negaton, vexation, elation, relation, abnegation, velation, negative, nation

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of [[negating]] something.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[denial]] or [[contradiction]].
3. {{lb|en|logic|linguistics|countable}} A [[proposition]] which is the [[contradictory]] of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition, or insertion, of the word "not". (Or, in [[symbolic logic]], by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
4. {{lb|en|logic}} The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
5. {{lb|en|linguistics|countable}} A [[negative]] [[particle]]; a [[word]], particularly an [[adverb]], with a negative [[meaning]]: for instance, ''no'' and ''not'' in English, ''nōn'', ''haud'' and ''nē'' in Latin, οὐ and μή in ancient Greek.

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