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Word entry · 8 letters

negation

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"Logical denial"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /nɪˈɡeɪʃn̩/Part of speech nounSorted aeginnotStarts with NEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • As an isolating language Belter Creole is rich in particles. Particles are used to indicate both negation and interrogation: na is the negative particle and it is placed before the verb
  • But it pleased her to play on my passion / And whet me to pleadings / That won from her mirthful negations / And scornings undue.
  • You get the negation of a proposition if you insert "not" (or some equivalent expression) into it in such a way as to form a contradictory of it.

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