negation

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The act of negating something.
2. (countable) A denial or contradiction.
3. (countable) A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition/insertion of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
4. (countable, uncountable) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.

Synonyms

denial

negative

repudiation

annulment

cancellation

elimination

eradication

abrogation

refusal

rejection

removal

forbiddance

deletion

deposal

abnegation

disapproval

abolishment

not

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nullification

disclaimer

abolition

lack

minus

negate

opposition

perversion

proscription

rebuff

recantation

renunciation

revocation

voiding

vote down

decide against

prohibition

voting down

neg

abjuration

NOT-operation

absence

ban

banning

bar

complementing

conservative

contrariety

contrast

counteraction

deny

disaffirmation

Translations

négation

negación

negazione

negação

Verneinung

Negation

άρνηση

نَفْي

نفي

démenti

negació

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nəˈɡeɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: negacioun

In summary

From Middle English negacioun, from Old French negacion, from Latin negātiō (“a denial; negative word”). Morphologically negate + -ion.