noun🔗ShareNégationThe act of negating something."The lawyer presented several negations of the witness's original statement, pointing out inconsistencies to weaken their credibility. "L'avocat a présenté plusieurs négations de la déclaration originale du témoin, soulignant les incohérences pour affaiblir sa crédibilité.grammarlanguagelinguisticslogicphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNégation, dénégationA denial or contradiction."His frequent negations of his teacher's instructions made it hard for him to succeed in class. "Ses fréquentes négations des instructions de son professeur l'empêchaient de réussir en classe.grammarlinguisticslogicstatementnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNégationA proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition/insertion of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)"In logic class, we practiced forming negations of simple statements, like changing "The cat is black" to "The cat is not black." "En cours de logique, nous nous sommes entraînés à former des négations de propositions simples, comme transformer « Le chat est noir » en « Le chat n'est pas noir ».grammarlanguagelogiclinguisticsphilosophywordstatementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNégationThe logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions."The student struggled with the logic puzzle because it relied heavily on understanding the negations of each statement. "L'étudiant a eu du mal avec le casse-tête logique car il reposait fortement sur la compréhension des négations de chaque énoncé.logicmathphilosophylanguagegrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
