negation

Example Sentences

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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

But the statement can be translated quickly if you know that “∧” stands for “and at the same time” and that “¬” is a negation.

From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2023

The sarcastic question “What part of ‘no’ don’t you understand?” reminds us that negation is perfectly easy for people to handle in everyday speech.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker