The negation of something is its complete opposite or something which destroys it or makes it lose its effect.
[formal]
Unintelligible legislation is the negation of the rule of law and of parliamentarydemocracy. [+ of]
Synonyms: opposite, reverse, contrary, contradiction More Synonyms of negation
2. uncountable noun
Negation is disagreement, refusal, or denial.
[formal]
The editor grimaced, gesturing in negation.
Isabella shook her head, but in bewilderment, not negation.
Synonyms: denial, refusal, rejection, contradiction More Synonyms of negation
More Synonyms of negation
negation in British English
(nɪˈɡeɪʃən)
noun
1.
the opposite or absence of something
2.
a negative thing or condition
3.
the act or an instance of negating
4. logic
a.
the operator that forms one sentence from another and corresponds to the English not
b.
a sentence so formed. It is usually written –p, ~p, p̄ or ⇁p, where p is the given sentence, and is false when the given sentence is true, and true when it is false
negation in American English
(nɪˈgeɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act or an instance of denying; negative answer; denial
2.
the lack or opposite of some positive character or quality
death is the negation of life
3.
something negative; nonentity
Derived forms
negational (neˈgational)
adjective
Word origin
< Fr or L: Fr négation < L negatio < negatus, pp. of negare, to deny < neg(i)- < ne- (see no1) + *-g(h)- < IE *ĝ(h)i, intens. particle used after negation
Examples of 'negation' in a sentence
negation
There is no end to this process as the resulting synthesis contains its own negation.
Lee Harvey Critical Social Research (1990)
Their verdict was a massive negation of nationalism.
Frank Welsh THE FOUR NATIONS: A History of the United Kingdom (2002)
Such loopholes are a negation of all the progress made in other areas of food labelling.
Hanssen, Maurice & Marsden, Jill E For Additives (1987)
1 (noun)
Definition
the opposite or absence of something
He repudiates liberty and equality as the negation of order and government.
Synonyms
opposite
She's very shy, but her sister is quite the opposite.
reverse
There is absolutely no evidence. Quite the reverse.
contrary
Let me assure you that the contrary is, in fact, the case.
contradiction
What he does is a contradiction of what he says.
converse
If that is true, the converse is equally so.
antithesis
She is the antithesis of the typical artist.
inverse
There is no sign that you bothered to consider the inverse of your logic.
antonym
2 (noun)
Definition
a negating
She shook her head in a gesture of negation.
Synonyms
denial
their previous denial of their involvement
refusal
a refusal of planning permission
rejection
his rejection of our values
contradiction
renunciation
a renunciation of terrorism
repudiation
a public repudiation of the conference decision
disavowal
a public disavowal of his beliefs
veto
congressmen who tried to override the president's veto of the bill
opposition
3 (noun)
Definition
a negative thing or condition
Synonyms
nothingness
There might be something beyond the grave, you know, and not just nothingness.
blank
Everything was a complete blank.
void
the limitless void of outer space
nullity
vacuity
nonexistence
Additional synonyms
in the sense of antithesis
Definition
the exact opposite
She is the antithesis of the typical artist.
Synonyms
opposite,
contrast,
reverse,
contrary,
converse,
inverse,
antipode
in the sense of blank
Definition
the condition of not understanding
Everything was a complete blank.
Synonyms
void,
vacuum,
vacancy,
emptiness,
nothingness,
vacuity,
tabula rasa
in the sense of contradiction
What he does is a contradiction of what he says.
Synonyms
negation,
opposite,
denial,
antithesis
Synonyms of 'negation'
negation
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of contrary
Let me assure you that the contrary is, in fact, the case.
Synonyms
opposite,
reverse,
converse,
antithesis
in the sense of converse
Definition
a statement or idea that is the opposite of another
If that is true, the converse is equally so.
Synonyms
opposite,
reverse,
contrary,
other side of the coin,
obverse,
antithesis
in the sense of disavowal
a public disavowal of his beliefs
Synonyms
denial,
rejection,
contradiction,
disclaimer,
renunciation,
retraction,
repudiation,
gainsaying (archaic, literary),
recantation,
abjuration
in the sense of inverse
Definition
the exact opposite
There is no sign that you bothered to consider the inverse of your logic.
Synonyms
converse,
opposite,
reverse,
contrary,
contradiction,
antithesis
in the sense of nullity
Synonyms
nonexistence,
voidness
in the sense of refusal
Definition
the act of refusing
a refusal of planning permission
Synonyms
rejection,
denial,
defiance,
rebuff,
knock-back (slang),
thumbs down,
repudiation,
kick in the teeth (slang),
negation,
no
in the sense of rejection
his rejection of our values
Synonyms
denial,
veto,
dismissal,
exclusion,
abandonment,
spurning,
casting off,
disowning,
thumbs down,
renunciation,
repudiation,
eschewal
in the sense of renunciation
Definition
the act or an instance of renouncing
a renunciation of terrorism
Synonyms
rejection,
giving up,
denial,
abandonment,
spurning,
abstention,
repudiation,
forswearing,
disavowal,
abnegation,
eschewal,
abjuration
in the sense of repudiation
a public repudiation of the conference decision
Synonyms
rejection,
reversal,
abandonment,
disowning,
desertion,
retraction,
disavowal,
renouncement,
abjuration
in the sense of reverse
Definition
the opposite or contrary of something
There is absolutely no evidence. Quite the reverse.
Synonyms
opposite,
contrary,
converse,
antithesis,
inverse,
contradiction
Additional synonyms
in the sense of veto
Definition
the exercise of this power
congressmen who tried to override the president's veto of the bill