Negation — meaning in English

English meaning

• denial noun A refusal to admit that something is true.
• negation noun Negation is the act of making something negative or canceling it out.

Senses

Negation is used for these senses in English:

• denial (logic) The negation in logic.
• negation (logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.

denial — full definition

1. noun A refusal to admit that something is true.
2. noun A refusal to accept an unpleasant truth or reality, often as a psychological coping mechanism.
3. noun A refusal to grant or provide something requested.

negation — full definition

1. noun Negation is the act of making something negative or canceling it out.
2. noun A negation is a statement that denies or contradicts something.
3. noun In logic, a negation is a statement made by adding "not" to another statement, giving it the opposite meaning.
4. noun In logic, negation is the operation that turns a statement into its opposite by adding "not".

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