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negation (encz) | negation,negace |
negation (encz) | negation,zápor n: Zdeněk Brož |
Negation (gcide) | Negation \Ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to
deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. ah to
say; cf. F. n['e]gation. See No, adv., and cf. Adage,
Deny, Renegade.]
1. 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.
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Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay.
--Rogers.
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2. (Logic) 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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negation (wn) | negation
n 1: a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or
denial of some other statement
2: the speech act of negating
3: (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another
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NEGATION (bouvier) | NEGATION. Denial. Two negations are construed to mean one affirmation. Dig.
50, 16, 137.
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abnegation (encz) | abnegation,zřeknutí se n: názoru ap. Petr Prášek |
negation (encz) | negation,negace negation,zápor n: Zdeněk Brož |
negations (encz) | negations,negace pl. |
self-abnegation (encz) | self-abnegation, n: |
Abnegation (gcide) | Abnegation \Ab`ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. abnegatio: cf. F.
abn['e]gation.]
a denial; a renunciation.
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With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion,
they may retain the friendship of the court. --Knox.
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Denegation (gcide) | Denegation \Den`e*ga"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]n['e]gation.]
Denial. [Obs.]
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Renegation (gcide) | Renegation \Ren`e*ga"tion\ (r?n`?-ga"sh?n), n.
A denial. [R.] "Absolute renegation of Christ." --Milman.
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Self-abnegation (gcide) | Self-abnegation \Self`-ab`ne*ga"tion\, n.
Self-denial; self-renunciation; self-sacrifice.
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abnegation (wn) | abnegation
n 1: the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief;
"abnegation of the Holy Trinity"
2: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests
of others [syn: abnegation, self-abnegation, denial,
self-denial, self-renunciation] |
negation (wn) | negation
n 1: a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or
denial of some other statement
2: the speech act of negating
3: (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another
proposition is false |
self-abnegation (wn) | self-abnegation
n 1: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the
interests of others [syn: abnegation, self-abnegation,
denial, self-denial, self-renunciation] |
negation by failure (foldoc) | negation by failure
An extralogical feature of Prolog and other {logic
programming} languages in which failure of unification is
treated as establishing the negation of a relation. For
example, if Ronald Reagan is not in our database and we
asked if he was an American, Prolog would answer "no".
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NEGATION (bouvier) | NEGATION. Denial. Two negations are construed to mean one affirmation. Dig.
50, 16, 137.
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