Definitions for: Negation


[n] (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
[n] the speech act of negating
[n] a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement



Webster (1913) Definition: Ne*ga"tion, n. [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to
deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. ah to
say; cf. F. n['e]gation. See No, adv., and cf. Adage,
Deny, Renegade.]
1. The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or
untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is
not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the
opposite of affirmation.

Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay.
--Rogers.

2. (Logic) Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or
exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not,
from which may be inferred what it is or has.

See Also: cancellation, contradiction, denial, proposition, statement

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