Definitions for negation

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negation ne·ga·tion

Spelling: [ni-gey-shuh n]

IPA: /nɪˈgeɪ ʃən/

Negation is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 260 anagrams from letters in negation (aeginnot).

Definitions for negation

noun

1. the act of denying:
2. a denial:
3. something that is without existence; nonentity.
4. the absence or opposite of something that is actual, positive, or affirmative:
5. a negative statement, idea, concept, doctrine, etc.; a contradiction, refutation, or rebuttal:

Origin of negation

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin negātiōn- (stem of negātiō) denial. See negate, -ion

Examples for negation

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

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

negation: Were there any related denying stories competing for attention?

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.

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

“Richard Phillips: negation of the Universe” will be on display at Dallas Contemporary through August 10, 2014.

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

In order to build a Jewish nation and society, Zionists classically engaged in “negation of the Diaspora,” or shlilat hagolah.

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