English noun: negation | |||
1. | negation (communication) a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement | ||
Broader (hypernym) | statement | ||
2. | negation (communication) the speech act of negating | ||
Broader (hypernym) | denial, disaffirmation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cancellation, contradiction | ||
3. | negation (communication) (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false | ||
Broader (hypernym) | proposition | ||
Domain category | logic | ||