Antonyms for negation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ni-gey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : nɪˈgeɪ ʃən

Definition of negation

Origin : early 15c., from Old French negacion (12c.) and directly from Latin negationem (nominative negatio) "denial," noun of action from past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny).

noun contradiction, denial

Example sentences :

And always, in response to every argument, Mary shook her head in negation.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

There was a masterful quality in his declaration, which seemed to ignore her negation.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Garson reflected for a few seconds, then made a gesture of negation.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Mrs Verloc simply turned her face from right to left in sign of negation.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

They presented no one front, for their negation was no one faith.
Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies

It is a confusion of falsehood and negation, from which Plato himself is not entirely free.
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

And the negative may be a negation of fact or of thought (ou and me).
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

And this opposition and negation is the not-being of which we are in search, and is one kind of being.
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

For his original conception of matter as something which has no qualities is really a negation.
Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato

Politics were for him the art of the possible enlarged by the negation of the ethical.
Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon

Synonyms for negation

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