negation
Noun
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A negative statement;
A statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement (synset 107295646)is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc -
The speech act of negating (synset 107221121)
is a type of: denial, disaffirmation - the act of asserting that something alleged is not truesubtypes:
- contradiction - the speech act of contradicting someone
- cancellation - the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
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(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false (synset 106764286)
referred to in: logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inferenceis a type of: proposition - (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
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