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 | ||