On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Negation. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as statement or denial and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Negation meaning
- The act of negating something.
- A denial or contradiction.
- 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".)
Synonyms of Negation
Using Negation
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of negating something. | A denial or contradiction. | 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".)
- Useful related words include: statement, denial, disaffirmation, proposition.
- In the example corpus, negation often appears in combinations such as: negation of, the negation, its negation.
Context around Negation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Negation
- In this selection, "negation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, damage, complete, express and teams stand out and add context to how "negation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is a negation of the and of the negation of ac. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "negation" sits close to words such as adjudged, aggravating and alamos, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with negation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They’re a testament to the intimacy of sex and a complete negation of it. (15 words)
Stronger forms of the negation of AC Now, consider stronger forms of the negation of AC. (16 words)
The spell grants a 15% boost to damage and a 10% boost to all damage negation. (16 words)
Subjectivity is thus a kind of structural effect – what happens when Nature is diffused, refracted around a field of negativity and the "unity of the subject" for Hegel, is in fact a second-order effect, a "negation of negation". (39 words)
Any connection that has a negation at one end and no negation at the other can be made easier to interpret by instead using the De Morgan equivalent symbol at either of the two ends. (35 words)
The body has long outlived its usefulness as they have reduced themselves to extortionists of suspected cyber criminals which is a negation of the raison d’etre for setting them up in the first place. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Any connection that has a negation at one end and no negation at the other can be made easier to interpret by instead using the De Morgan equivalent symbol at either of the two ends.
See Lewis (1982), p. A related objection that is that "negation" in paraconsistent logic is not really negation ; it is merely a subcontrary -forming operator.
Stronger forms of the negation of AC Now, consider stronger forms of the negation of AC.
Subjectivity is thus a kind of structural effect – what happens when Nature is diffused, refracted around a field of negativity and the "unity of the subject" for Hegel, is in fact a second-order effect, a "negation of negation".
To express negation The genitive case is also used in sentences expressing negation, even when no possessive relationship is involved.
Tsongkhapa identified two major flaws in interpretations of Madhyamika, under-negation (of svabhava or own essence) which could lead to Absolutism and over-negation which could lead to Nihilism.
Asked if he was aware that federal government's negation teams emanated from the Office of the NSA, presidency and the Ministry of Defence, he said, "I don't know where they are from.
The spell grants a 15% boost to damage and a 10% boost to all damage negation.
They’re a testament to the intimacy of sex and a complete negation of it.
Additionally, questions asked in negation, such as “which of the following is incorrect,” require careful attention to ensure the correct answer is selected.
Increased the attack power and damage negation of summoned spirits, excluding the Mimic Tear, when upgraded to "+8" or higher.
In fact, to advocate the indiscriminate slaughter of innocents is the total and complete negation of libertarianism and the non-aggression principle.
The team excluded instances where these verbs were used in a question, negation or in a passive form, and they did not include other violence-related verbs, such as “shoot” or “stab”.
None of those finishes will quite resist fingerprints, although the lighter the option the better the negation.
Students have rallied against departments deciding to opt-out of the pass/no pass system with waves of concerned emails, most of which have been met with the same negation.
The body has long outlived its usefulness as they have reduced themselves to extortionists of suspected cyber criminals which is a negation of the raison d’etre for setting them up in the first place.
At heart, it is a negation of the Jewish people’s right to exist and, indeed, at times in history, conversion or death were the two choices Jews were offered.
Of necessity, under the determinate global condition a Zimbabwean renaissance must entail a rebellion a conscious rejection of the post-colonial legacy, a determined negation of negations.
The continued detention of persons set free by the court is a blatant negation of the axiom of justice.
According to Aristotle Leucippus differed from the Eleatics in not being encumbered by the "conceptual intermingling" of being and non-being, and Plato made the necessary distinction between "grades of being and types of negation".
Common combinations with negation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- negation of 33×
- the negation 20×
- its negation 16×
- negation and 9×
- negation is 8×
- of negation 6×
- and negation 5×
- negation as 5×
- negation in 4×
- negation at 3×