āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
negation
/nÉĒÉĄËeâÉĒĘÉn/
Negation
01
āĻ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāύ
the act of expressing disagreement or contradiction through speech
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician 's speech was filled with negations of his opponent's claims.
āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āώā§āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϰ āĻ
āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ, āύāĻŋāώā§āϧ
a statement that contradicts or denies another statement
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Teachers carefully review student essays to identify statements in need of negation or counterargument to achieve balance.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻ
āϰā§āĻāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ
āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻž āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāϤāϰā§āĻāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ, āύāĻžāĻāĻ
(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
negation
negate
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