negation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English negacioun, from Old French negacion, from Latin negātiō (“a denial; negative word”). Morphologically negate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nəˈɡeɪʃn̩/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === negation (countable and uncountable, plural negations) (uncountable) The act of negating something. (countable) A denial or contradiction. (logic, countable) A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition/insertion of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".) (logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions. ==== Hypernyms ==== (a proposition which negates another one): contradictory (logical operation): logical connective ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Antigone