Definition of Negateon
Ne*ga"tion (?), n. [L. negatio,
fr. negare to say no, to deny; ne not + the root of
aio I say; cf. Gr. &?;, Skr. ah to say; cf. F.
négation. See No, adv., and
cf. Adage, Deny, Renegade.] 1.
The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or
untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has
not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of
affirmation.
Our assertions and negations should be yea and
nay. Rogers.
2. (Logic) Description or definition
by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not,
or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (uncountable) the act of negating something
- (countable) a denial or contradiction
- (logic) (countable) a proposition that is true if and only if another one is false; a proposition resulting from the application to another proposition of the logical operation "not"
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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