noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The unintended combination of semantic and grammatical negation such that the resulting statement actually means the opposite of what is wanted. countable, informal, neologism, uncountable

Etymology

From mis- + negation.

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