English-Thai Dictionary

negation

N คำปฏิเสธ  การ ปฏิเสธ  ความ ไม่เห็นด้วย  opposition kam-a-ti-sed

 

negation

N คำ ลบล้าง  ข้อคิดเห็น หรือ หลักการ ที่ นำมาใช้ ลบล้าง  สิ่ง หักล้าง  invalidation nullification kam-lon-lang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NEGATION

n.[L. The sense is to thrust, to stop or repel; for in Italian, negare is to deny, and annegare is to deny, and to drown, to stifle in water; to drown or inundate. ] 1. Denial; a declaration that something is not; opposed to affirmation; as, the soul is not matter.
2. In logic, description by denial, exclusion or exception.
Negation is the absence of that which does not belong to the thing we are speaking of.
3. Argument drawn from denial.
It may be proved by way of negation, that they came not from Europe, as having no remainder of the arts, learning and civilities of it.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NEGATION

Ne *ga "tion, n. Etym: [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ah to say; cf. F. négation. 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 Ant: affirmation. Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay. Rogers.

 

2. (Logic )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

negation

ne ga tion |nəˈgāSHən nəˈɡeɪʃən | ▶noun 1 the contradiction or denial of something: there should be confirmation —or negation —of the findings. • Grammar denial of the truth of a clause or sentence, typically involving the use of a negative word (e.g., not, no, never ) or a word or affix with negative force (e.g., nothing, non- ). • Logic a proposition whose assertion specifically denies the truth of another proposition: the negation of A is, briefly, “not A.” • Mathematics inversion: these formulae and their negations. 2 the absence or opposite of something actual or positive: evil is not merely the negation of goodness. DERIVATIVES neg a to ry |ˈnegəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin negatio (n- ), from the verb negare ‘deny ’ (see negate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

negation

neg |ation |nɪˈgeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the contradiction or denial of something: there should be confirmation —or negation —of the findings. • Grammar denial of the truth of a clause or sentence, typically involving the use of a negative word (e.g. not, no, never ) or a word or affix with negative force (e.g. nothing, non- ). • [ count noun ] Logic a proposition whose assertion specifically denies the truth of another proposition: the negation of A is, briefly, ‘not A ’. • Mathematics inversion. 2 the absence or opposite of something actual or positive: evil is not merely the negation of goodness. DERIVATIVES negatory |nɪˈgeɪt (ə )ri, ˈnɛgət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin negatio (n- ), from the verb negare ‘deny ’ (see negate ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

negation

negation noun 1 negation of the findings: denial, contradiction, repudiation, refutation, rebuttal; nullification, cancellation, revocation, repeal, retraction; formal abrogation. 2 evil is not just the negation of goodness: opposite, reverse, antithesis, contrary, inverse, converse; absence, want.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

negation

negation noun 1 there should be confirmation —or negation —of the findings: denial, contradiction, repudiation, disproving, refutation, refuting, rebuttal, countering, disclaiming; nullification, cancellation, voiding, revocation, rescinding, abrogation, repeal, retraction; Law disaffirmation; rare disproval. ANTONYMS confirmation, affirmation, substantiation. 2 evil is not merely the negation of goodness: opposite, reverse, antithesis, contrary, inverse, converse; absence, lack, want, deficiency. 3 a life full of negation: nothingness, nothing, nullity, blankness, void, non-existence, vacuity.

 

Duden Dictionary

Negation

Ne ga ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Negati o n |die Negation; Genitiv: der Negation, Plural: die Negationen lateinisch negatio, zu: negare, negieren 1 a bildungssprachlich Ablehnung (einer Richtung, Ordnung, eines Wertes o. Ä.) die Negation der geltenden Moral b Philosophie Aufhebung (von etwas durch etwas Entgegengesetztes ) der Tod als Negation des Lebens 2 Logik Verneinung (einer Aussage )3 a Sprachwissenschaft Verneinung (einer Aussage )b Sprachwissenschaft Wort, das eine Verneinung ausdrückt

 

Negationswort

Ne ga ti ons wort Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Negati o nswort |das Negationswort < Plural: Negationswörter > Negation 3b

 

French Dictionary

négation

négation n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de nier. : La négation de l ’égalité de tous. ANTONYME affirmation . 2 grammaire Mot qui sert à exprimer une négation. Note Syntaxique La négation s ’exprime au moyen d ’adverbes de négation (non, ne, pas, rien, etc. ), de certains verbes (contester, nier, refuser, etc. ). Attention à la juxtaposition des négations: deux négations valent une affirmation. Je ne suis pas sans savoir signifie « je sais ».

 

négationnisme

négationnisme n. m. Doctrine niant la réalité du génocide des Juifs par les nazis.

 

négationniste

négationniste adj. et n. m. et f. Partisan du négationnisme.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

negation

ne ga tion /nɪɡéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U 否定, 否認, 打ち消し ; 〘文法 〙否定 (↔affirmation ); C 否定 [否認 ]の陳述 .2 C ｟かたく ｠〖単数形で 〗 «…の » 反対, «…を » 否定するもの «of » .3 U ｟かたく ｠存在しないこと ; 欠如 .