negation
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Here, the researchers found that participants took longer to interpret phrases with negation than they did phrases without negation -- indicating, not surprisingly given the greater complexity, that negation slows down our processing of meaning.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2024
And my idea of degrowth is not a negation of technology.
From Salon • May 3, 2024
“It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024
Or there is a darker, easier alternative—simply reject the problem, and retreat into naked negation by ignoring evidence and seeking to stymy those pointing out the urgency of the issue.
From Scientific American • Sep. 1, 2023
In the intended reading, the negation operator not has scope over the universally quantified proposition “All doors will open.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms, Unit 1
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Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Unit 1
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