negation in Japanese
negation in Japanese is 否定, 否認, 否決 — negation means the act of negating something.
negation in Japanese
否定
Pronounced: hitei
否認
Pronounced: hinin
(countable) A denial or contradiction.
否決
Pronounced: hiketsu
(countable) A denial or contradiction.
What does "negation" mean?
- noun The act of negating something.
- noun A denial or contradiction.
- 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".)
- noun The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
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What is "negation" in Japanese?
"negation" in Japanese is 否定, 否認, 否決. negation means: The act of negating something.
How do you pronounce 否定?
"negation" in Japanese is 否定, pronounced "hitei".
Are there other ways to say "negation" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 3 translations listed for "negation": 否定, 否認, 否決.
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