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Negation
01
the act of expressing disagreement or contradiction through speech
02
a statement that contradicts or denies another statement
03
(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
Example
The witness's testimony provided a strong negation of the defendant's alibi.
The politician's speech was filled with negations of his opponent's claims.
The scientific report included findings that represented a negation of previous conclusions reached in earlier studies.
Teachers carefully review student essays to identify statements in need of negation or counterargument to achieve balance.
