negation

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • May 3, 2024

A second method to steer humanity away from fossil fuel burning centers on a concept known as "undesign," the intentional negation of technology and consideration of alternatives that do not rely on labor-saving human inventions.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

Had Logan meant to underline Kendall’s name for emphasis or cross it out in an act of negation?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2023

Or there is a darker, easier alternative—simply reject the problem, and retreat into naked negation by ignoring evidence and seeking to stymy those pointing out the urgency of the issue.

From Scientific American • Sep. 1, 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