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Another word for negation

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negation

n.

Opposite
contradiction, converse, contrary; see opposite.
Denial
opposition, contradiction, repudiation; see denial 1, refusal.

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Another word for negation

noun

An often formal act of putting an end to:
abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, invalidation, nullification, voidance. (Law) avoidance, extinguishment. See continue
A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or charge:
contradiction, denial, disaffirmance, disaffirmation, disclaimer, rejection. (Law) traversal. See affirm

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" No negation of a fact can involve a contradiction."
In the history of philosophy affirmation precedes negation; dogmatism goes before scepticism.
No city calls itself either Guelpi or Ghibelline till it has expelled one-half of its inhabitants; for each party is resolved to constitute the state according to its own conception, and the affirmation of the, one programme is the negation of the other.
The view of the future life is the old Hebrew one: death is practically the end-all, Sheol is the negation of happy activity, and from it no one returns; in v.
The mind, something different from a mere negation, yet not equivalent to a positive thought.

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