noun (formal)
1 [C,usually sing,U] the exact opposite of sth; the act of causing sth not to exist or to become its opposite:
This political system was the negation of democracy.
2 [U] disagreement or refusal:
She shook her head in negation.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for negation is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does negation appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — negation appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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