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1. (noun) negation
a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement

2. (noun) negation
the speech act of negating

3. (noun) negation
(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false

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1. (adverb) negation
the act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation

2. (adverb) negation
description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has

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