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否定 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • denial noun A refusal to admit that something is true.
  • deny verb To state that something is not true.
  • negate verb To cancel out or make ineffective.
  • negation noun The act of negating something.
  • negative adj Expressing disapproval, pessimism, or something undesirable.
  • not adv A word used to make a statement, verb, or phrase negative.

Senses

否定 is used for these senses in English:

  • NOT (mathematics, logic) A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.
  • denial (logic) The negation in logic.
  • deny (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
  • negate To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
  • negative Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.

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.

deny — full definition

  1. verb To state that something is not true.
  2. verb To refuse to give someone something they want or ask for.

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