negation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
  2. noun the speech act of negating
  3. noun (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false

Etymology

From Middle English negacioun, from Old French negacion, from Latin negātiō (“a denial; negative word”). Morphologically negate + -ion.

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