What does "negates" mean?

third-person singular simple present indicative of negate

What is a synonym for "negates"?

Common synonyms include: contradict, neutralize, abate, abnegate, abolish, abrogate.

Negates

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Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of negate form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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contradict neutralize abate abnegate abolish abrogate

Antonyms

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everybody

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"The secret of Hegel's dialectic lies ultimately in this alone, that it negates theology through philosophy in order then to negate philosophy through theology."

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