negations

Acts of denying

Negations are denials, contradictions, or statements that something is not the case.

In logic and grammar, negation reverses the truth value of a proposition—"is" becomes "is not." More broadly, a negation is the absence or opposite of something: His silence was a negation of everything we'd worked for.

The word often implies active rejection rather than mere absence.

grammatical

no

Opposite of yes

notOpposite of affirmative
neverAt no point
noneNot a single one

nothing · nobody · nowhere · neither · cannot · without · un- · non- · dis- · in-

logical

not

Opposite of affirmative

norNegative conjunction
neitherNot one or other
falsityState of being incorrect

contradiction · inverse · opposite · truth value · propositional · falsehood · antithesis · converse · contrapositive · null

linguistic

denial

Refusal to accept reality

contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
refutationDisproving a statement
disavowalRejection of connection

rejection · disclaimer · rebuttal · counterstatement · repudiation · gainsaying · traverse · naysaying · dissent · objection

social

refusal

Act of declining

rejectionDenial of acceptance
denialRefusal to accept reality
vetoOfficial refusal to approve

rebuff · dismissal · turndown · snub · decline · rebuke · spurning · repulse · brush-off · cold shoulder

philosophical

nihilism

Rejection of objective meaning

voidWithout legal effect
nothingnessComplete absence of existence
absenceState of not being

nonbeing · emptiness · nonexistence · Hegel · dialectic · antithesis · Sartre · negativity · privation · lack

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