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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 categorylogic









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