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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Negation \Ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to
     deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. ah to
     say; cf. F. n['e]gation. See No, adv., and cf. Adage,
     Deny, Renegade.]
     1. The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or
        untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is
        not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the
        opposite of affirmation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay.
                                                    --Rogers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Logic) Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or
        exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not,
        from which may be inferred what it is or has.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Negation \Ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to
     deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. ah to
     say; cf. F. n['e]gation. See No, adv., and cf. Adage,
     Deny, Renegade.]
     1. The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or
        untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is
        not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the
        opposite of affirmation.
  
              Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay.
                                                    --Rogers.
  
     2. (Logic) Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or
        exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not,
        from which may be inferred what it is or has.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  negation
       n 1: a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or
            denial of some other statement
       2: the speech act of negating
       3: (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another
          proposition is false

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  negation
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ λογική en) άρνηση

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Negation
     Γερμανικά n.
     η άρνηση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  negation
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of negating something.
     2 (lb en countable) A denial or contradiction.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Negation
     German n.
     f negation (lb de logic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  negation
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of negating something.
     2 (lb en countable) A denial or contradiction.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  negation
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of negating something.
     2 (lb en countable) A denial or contradiction.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Negation
     German n.
     f negation (lb de logic)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  negation
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of negating something.
     2 (lb en countable) A denial or contradiction.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Negation
     German n.
     f negation (lb de logic)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  negation
     Ruotsi n.
     negaatio

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  negation
     n.
     1 (tagg: grammatik) ord, fras eller förled som nekar ett påstående
     2 (tagg logik data) invertera ett logiskt värde
     3 (tagg: matematik) negera ett tal

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Negation
     Tyska n.
     1 (tagg lingvistik grammatik logik matematik språk=de) negation
     2 negering

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  negation
     n.
     1 (tagg: grammatik) ord, fras eller förled som nekar ett påstående
     2 (tagg logik data) invertera ett logiskt värde
     3 (tagg: matematik) negera ett tal

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Negation /nˌeːɡatsjˈoːn/ 
   [phil.] negation 
           Note: of a matter by the opposite
     Synonym: Aufhebung
  
           Note: einer Sache durch das Entgegengesetzte

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Negation /nˌeːɡatsjˈoːn/ 
   [ling.]  [phil.] negation , negative 
     Synonym: Verneinung
  
   see: doppelte Verneinung
  

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  Negation /neɡaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  négation
  Linguistik: Verneinung

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-rus ]

  Negation /neɡaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  отрицание
  Linguistik: Verneinung

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-spa ]

  Negation /neɡaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  negación
  Linguistik: Verneinung

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  Negation /neɡaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  1. negation 2.
  Linguistik: Verneinung
   3.
  Linguistik: Wort, das eine Verneinung ausdrückt
  2. negering
  allgemein: Ablehnung, Verneinung

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Negation /nɪɡˈeɪʃən/
  الإنكار

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  negation //nəˈɡeɪʃən// 
  1. отрица́ние
  act of negating something
  2. отказ, отхвърляне
  denial or contradiction
  3. отрицание
  negation in logic

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  negation /nɪɡˈeɪʃən/
  negace

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  negation /nɪɡˈeɪʃən/ 
  zápor

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  negation /nɪɡˈeɪʃən/
  Aufhebung , Negation  [phil.]
           Note: einer Sache durch das Entgegengesetzte
           Note: of a matter by the opposite

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  negation /nɪɡˈeɪʃən/
  Verneinung , Negation  [ling.]  [phil.]
        "the negation of an assertion"  - die Verneinung einer Aussage
        "the negation of a statement"  - die Verneinung einer Aussage
     Synonym: negative
  
   see: double negative
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  negation /nɪɡˈeɪʃən/ 
  1. नकार
        "Give a negation to this statement."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  negation /nɪɡˈeɪʃən/
  negativna veličina, poricanje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  negation /nɪɡˈeɪʃən/
  tagadás

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  negation //nəˈɡeɪʃən// 
  1. 否定 2.
  act of negating something
   3.
  negation in logic
  2. 否決, 否認
  denial or contradiction

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  negation /nɪˈgeɪʃən/ 
    negacja

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  negation /nɪɡˈeɪʃən/ 
  negação

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  negation /nɪɡˈeɪʃən/
  1. inkar, red
  2. eksiklik, yokluk
  3. olumsuz şey
  4. hükümsüzlük.

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  negation /nˌeːɡasxˈuːn/ 
  1. Invertierung
  invertera ett logiskt värde
  2. Invertierung, Negation
  negera ett tal
  3. Verneinung, Negation
  ord eller fras som nekar ett påstående

From Svenska-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fin ]

  negation /nˌeːɡasxˈuːn/ 
  negaatio
  invertera ett logiskt värde

From Svenska-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fra ]

  negation /nˌeːɡasxˈuːn/ 
  négation 2.
  invertera ett logiskt värde
   3.
  ord eller fras som nekar ett påstående

From Svenska-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-spa ]

  negation /nˌeːɡasxˈuːn/ 
  negación
  ord eller fras som nekar ett påstående

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/negɑˈtsĭoːn/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/nəˈɡeɪʃən/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  NEGATION. Denial. Two negations are construed to mean one affirmation. Dig. 
  50, 16, 137. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  141 Moby Thesaurus words for "negation":
     abnegation, abolishment, abolition, absence, annihilation,
     annulment, antagonism, argumentation, bucking, challenge, choking,
     choking off, clashing, conflict, contention, contradiction,
     contraposition, contravention, contraversion, controversy,
     counteraction, counterworking, crosscurrent, crossing, declension,
     declination, declinature, declining, denial, deprivation,
     deracination, difference, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement,
     disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, disconfirmation, discord,
     discordance, discordancy, discrepancy, disharmony, disobedience,
     disparity, disproof, disproval, disproving, dissension, dissent,
     dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, divergence, diversity,
     elimination, emptiness, eradication, explosion, expose, exposure,
     extermination, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, faction,
     gainsaying, head wind, holding back, impugnation, impugnment,
     inaccordance, inequality, invalidation, jarring, liquidation, nay,
     negative, negative answer, negativeness, negativity, nihility, nix,
     no, nonacceptance, nonbeing, noncompliance, nonconsent, nonentity,
     nonexistence, nonobservance, nonoccurrence, nonreality,
     nonsubsistence, not-being, nothingness, nullification, nullity,
     opposing, opposition, opposure, oppugnancy, oppugnation, purge,
     rebutment, rebuttal, recantation, redargution,
     reductio ad absurdum, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repugnance,
     resistance, retention, rooting out, silencing, snuffing out,
     standing against, stifling, strangulation, suffocation,
     suppression, thumbs-down, traversal, turndown, unactuality,
     undercurrent, unharmoniousness, unreality, unwillingness,
     uprooting, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, variance, void, voiding,
     withholding
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 否定,拒绝,不存在;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 否定,拒绝,不存在

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