negation

Example Sentences

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In an array of communications, ranging from advertising to legal filings, negation is often used intentionally to mask a clear understanding of a phrase.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

And my idea of degrowth is not a negation of technology.

From Salon • May 3, 2024

“You’re not going to have enough current to light up a child’s lightbulb project at a science fair,” he informed Marlon, who did not take such negation well.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

But the statement can be translated quickly if you know that “∧” stands for “and at the same time” and that “¬” is a negation.

From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2023

In the intended reading, the negation operator not has scope over the universally quantified proposition “All doors will open.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker