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Synonyms for negation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ni-gey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : nɪˈgeɪ ʃən

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Définition of negation

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French negacion (12c.) and directly from Latin negationem (nominative negatio) "denial," noun of action from past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny).
  • noun contradiction, denial
Example sentences :
  • And always, in response to every argument, Mary shook her head in negation.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • There was a masterful quality in his declaration, which seemed to ignore her negation.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Garson reflected for a few seconds, then made a gesture of negation.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Mrs Verloc simply turned her face from right to left in sign of negation.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • They presented no one front, for their negation was no one faith.
  • Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
  • It is a confusion of falsehood and negation, from which Plato himself is not entirely free.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • And the negative may be a negation of fact or of thought (ou and me).
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • And this opposition and negation is the not-being of which we are in search, and is one kind of being.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • For his original conception of matter as something which has no qualities is really a negation.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • Politics were for him the art of the possible enlarged by the negation of the ethical.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon

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