See Also: negation(medicine)
negation(dictionary)
negation(dictionary)
NEGATION(law)
delusion of negation(medicine)

negation (iou)



negation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French negation or Latin negatio(n-), formed as NEGATER: see -ATION.]
The action of contradicting a statement or allegation, the making of a statement involving the use of a negative word, as 'no', 'not', 'never', etc., (foll. by of). Also, an instance of this; a negative statement, doctrine, etc.; a refusal, a contradiction; a denial (of). LME.
b. In Logic, (an) assertion that a proposition is false; in Computing, = INVERSION 15. L16.
The absence or opposite of a thing which is actual, positive, or affirmative. M17.
A negative or unreal thing, a nonentity; a thing whose essence consists in the absence of something positive. E18.
Comb.: negation-sign Logic a sign or symbol used to indicate negation.
negational adjective negative, using or involving negation M19.
negationist noun = NEGATIVIST noun M19.