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negation

/ni-gey-shuhn/US // nɪˈgeɪ ʃən //UK // (nɪˈɡeɪʃən) //

否定,否定论,否认,否定性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
    • : a denial: a negation of one's former beliefs.
    • : something that is without existence; nonentity.
    • : the absence or opposite of something that is actual, positive, or affirmative: Darkness is the negation of light.
    • : a negative statement, idea, concept, doctrine, etc.; a contradiction, refutation, or rebuttal: a shameless lie that demands a negation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncontradiction, denial

Examples

  • If you have $300,000 to $400,000 in liability and get $100,000 in negation value, you’re losing money on the deal.

  • This is just such a negation of the progress that we’ve made.

  • The first hurdle to restarting stimulus negations was cleared Tuesday when Democratic and Republican leaders came to terms on a stop-gap funding bill that would avert a government shutdown at the end of September.

  • Negation: Were there any related denying stories competing for attention?

  • It ended as a morality play about the failure to protect civil liberties…[and] the complete negation of the evidence of abuse.

  • “Richard Phillips: Negation of the Universe” will be on display at Dallas Contemporary through August 10, 2014.

  • In order to build a Jewish nation and society, Zionists classically engaged in “negation of the Diaspora,” or shlilat hagolah.

  • And that treatise of Van de Water, the Belgian, on the sublimation of the sub-conscious by the negation of the self-censor.

  • "Oh, don't undertake to deny your eccentric taste," she returns, checking a negation on Adolphe's lips.

  • That old Spanish art of religion and dogma was changed under his hands to an art of negation and sarcasm.

  • He bellowed an angry command, but the Bugi closed his eyes and lowered his head resignedly, nodding in negation.

  • She sat absolutely still and made no sign except that of her obstinate face of negation.