negation

see definition of negation

nouncontradiction, denial

Synonyms for negation

noun contradiction, denial

Antonyms for negation

annihilation

noun. abolition

annulment

noun. voiding an agreement

contradiction

noun. variance to something

contradictions

noun. variance to something

denial

noun. dismissal, refusal of belief in

Word Origin & History

early 15c., from Old French negacion (12c.) and directly from Latin negationem (nominative negatio) "denial," noun of action from past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny).

Example Sentences for negation

And always, in response to every argument, Mary shook her head in negation.

There was a masterful quality in his declaration, which seemed to ignore her negation.

Garson reflected for a few seconds, then made a gesture of negation.

Mrs Verloc simply turned her face from right to left in sign of negation.

They presented no one front, for their negation was no one faith.

It is a confusion of falsehood and negation, from which Plato himself is not entirely free.

And this opposition and negation is the not-being of which we are in search, and is one kind of being.

And the negative may be a negation of fact or of thought (ou and me).

For his original conception of matter as something which has no qualities is really a negation.

Politics were for him the art of the possible enlarged by the negation of the ethical.