negation

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Of Negation; as, Nay, no, not, by no means, not at all, in no wise, &c.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

After Balzac and "The Philosophy of Disenchantment" and "The Anatomy of Negation" were off the press, novel after novel fell from his pen, and the newspaper articles quoted previously were appearing.

From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Saltus, Marie

Of our Modern Metaphysics, accordingly, may not this already be said, that if they have produced no Affirmation, they have destroyed much Negation?

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

Negation is only an attitude taken by the mind toward an eventual affirmation.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur

For truly, if we look into it, there is no more fruitless endeavour than this same, which the Metaphysician proper toils in: to educe Conviction out of Negation.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest