| 单词 | negation |
| 释义 | negation (once / 2708 pages) n A negation is a refusal or denial of something. If your friend thinks you owe him five dollars and you say that you don’t, your statement is a negation. A negation is a statement that cancels out or denies another statement or action. "I didn't kill the butler" could be a negation, along with "I don't know where the treasure is." The act of saying one of these statements is also a negation. Some negations can be good news, like “No, you don’t have a cavity” or “No, that report isn’t due today.” WORD FAMILYnegation: negations+/negate: negated, negates, negating, negation, negative/negative: negatived, negatively, negativeness, negatives, negativing, negativism, negativity, nonnegative/negativism: negativisms, negativist/negativist: negativists/negativity: negativities USAGE EXAMPLESIt is the negation of talent and skill that performers work so hard to develop. New York Times(May 25, 2016) This is precisely the kind of establishment embrace that Corré believes his father’s generation, all negation and anarchy, would have gleefully rejected. The New Yorker(Nov 30, 2016) To paraphrase Auden, this shows an affirming flame at a time beleaguered by negation and despair. Washington Post(Nov 15, 2016) 1n the speech act of negating Hypo|Hyper contradiction the speech act of contradicting someone cancellationthe speech act of revoking or annulling or making void self-contradictioncontradicting yourself denial, disaffirmation the act of asserting that something alleged is not true 2n a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement Hyper statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc 3n (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false Hyper proposition (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false |
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