Negation

//nəˈɡeɪʃn̩//

Synonyms for "negation" (144 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Strong matches (43)

Related words (72)

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Translations

80 translations across 26 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • إِنْكَار noun (denial or contradiction)
  • نَفْي noun (act of negating something)
  • نَفْي noun (negation in logic)

Armenian

4 entries
  • բացասում noun (act of negating something)
  • բացասում noun (negation in logic)
  • ժխտում noun (act of negating something)
  • ժխտում noun (negation in logic)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • адмаўле́нне noun (act of negating something)
  • адмо́ўе noun (act of negating something)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • отказ noun (denial or contradiction)
  • отрица́ние noun (act of negating something)
  • отрицание noun (negation in logic)
  • отхвърляне noun (denial or contradiction)

Catalan

3 entries
  • negació noun (act of negating something)
  • negació noun (denial or contradiction)
  • negació noun (negation in logic)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 否定 noun (act of negating something)
  • 否定 noun (negation in logic)
  • 否認 /否认 noun (denial or contradiction)
  • 拒絕 /拒绝 noun (denial or contradiction)

Czech

3 entries
  • negace noun (act of negating something)
  • negace noun (negation in logic)
  • popření noun (act of negating something)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • neado noun (act of negating something)
  • neado noun (negation in logic)
  • negacio noun (negation in logic)
  • negado noun (negation in logic)

French

3 entries
  • négation noun (act of negating something)
  • négation noun (denial or contradiction)
  • négation noun (negation in logic)

German

4 entries
  • Negation noun (negation in logic)
  • Negierung noun (act of negating something)
  • Verneinung noun (act of negating something)
  • Verneinung noun (denial or contradiction)

Greek

3 entries
  • άρνηση noun (act of negating something)
  • άρνηση noun (denial or contradiction)
  • άρνηση noun (negation in logic)

Hindi

3 entries
  • नकार noun (act of negating something)
  • निषेध noun (act of negating something)
  • निषेध noun (negation in logic)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • ellenkezés noun (denial or contradiction)
  • ellentmondás noun (denial or contradiction)
  • elutasítás noun (denial or contradiction)
  • negáció noun (negation in logic)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • neitun noun (act of negating something)
  • neitun noun (denial or contradiction)
  • neitun noun (negation in logic)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 否定 noun (act of negating something)
  • 否定 noun (negation in logic)
  • 否決 noun (denial or contradiction)
  • 否認 noun (denial or contradiction)

Korean

1 entries
  • 부정 noun (act of negating something)

Norman

1 entries
  • dêniêthie noun (act of negating something)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • avvisning noun (denial or contradiction)
  • negasjon noun (negation in logic)
  • nektelse noun (act of negating something)
  • nektelse noun (denial or contradiction)

Polish

4 entries
  • negacja noun (act of negating something)
  • negacja noun (negation in logic)
  • negowanie noun (act of negating something)
  • odmowa noun (denial or contradiction)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • negação noun (act of negating something)
  • negação noun (negation in logic)

Romanian

2 entries
  • negare noun (act of negating something)
  • negație noun (act of negating something)

Russian

4 entries
  • опроверже́ние noun (denial or contradiction)
  • отка́з noun (denial or contradiction)
  • отрица́ние noun (act of negating something)
  • отрица́ние noun (negation in logic)

Slovak

4 entries
  • negovanie noun (act of negating something)
  • negácia noun (act of negating something)
  • negácia noun (negation in logic)
  • popieranie noun (act of negating something)

Spanish

1 entries
  • negación noun (act of negating something)

Swahili

1 entries
  • ukanushi noun (act of negating something)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • запере́чення noun (act of negating something)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Hegelian philosophy is the last magnificent attempt to restore Christianity, which was lost and wrecked, through philosophy and, indeed, to restore Christianity—as is generally done in the modern era—by identifying it with the negation of Christianity.

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How does Esperanto, with its word-order freedom, deal with scope of negation?

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The main problem with antitheism is its negation of my divinity.

Source: tatoeba (5018695)

More than once in history have people revolted against the inequalities of life and refused to submit to the restraints of laws and creeds. They have often gone through a period of communism and red terror in the hope of realizing ultimately the Perfect State. Their leaders, undoubtedly sincere at first, espouse the utopian dream, declaring themselves the exponents of its ideals, the promised messengers of its blessings. But with the material for revolt ready at hand, and unable to resist the seductions of nascent power, they soon undergo that transformation which history identifies, often not unjustly, with demagogy, if they fail, or with autocracy, if they succeed. In either case, by utilizing the elements of negation in Society, they become apostles of violence, proclaiming the theory of "creative destruction." But instead of creating a utopia on the ruins of their making, they only succeed in setting up, as history shows, another government, which, no matter how just and sound its foundations are in theory, soon becomes in practice more despotic and corrupt.

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