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отрица́ние — meaning in English

otritsanie

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English meaning

  • contradiction noun A statement or idea that is inconsistent with another, or that clashes with itself.
  • negation noun The act of negating something.
  • negative adj Expressing disapproval, pessimism, or something undesirable.

Senses

отрица́ние is used for these senses in English:

  • contradiction (countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
  • negation (uncountable) The act of negating something.
  • negation (logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
  • negative (grammar) A word that indicates negation.

contradiction — full definition

  1. noun A statement or idea that is inconsistent with another, or that clashes with itself.
  2. noun The act of contradicting.

negation — full definition

  1. noun The act of negating something.
  2. noun A denial or contradiction.
  3. noun A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition, or insertion, of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
  4. noun The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.

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