negation

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• /nɪˈɡeɪʃn̩/
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• /neˈɡeɪʃn̩/
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From Middle English negacioun, from Old French negacion, from Latin negātiō (“a denial; negative word”). Morphologically negate + -ion.

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَفْي (nafy) — act of negating something
• Armenian: ժխտում (žxtum) — act of negating something
• Armenian: բացասում (bacʻasum) — act of negating something
• Belarusian: адмаўле́нне (admawljénnje) — act of negating something
• Belarusian: адмо́ўе (admówje) — act of negating something
• Bulgarian: отрица́ние (otricánie) — act of negating something
• Catalan: negació — act of negating something
• Chinese Mandarin: 否定 (fǒudìng) — act of negating something
• Czech: popření — act of negating something
• Czech: negace — act of negating something
• Esperanto: neado — act of negating something
• French: négation — act of negating something
• German: Verneinung — act of negating something
• German: Negierung — act of negating something
• Greek: άρνηση (árnisi) — act of negating something
• Hindi: निषेध (niṣedh) — act of negating something
• Hindi: नकार (nakār) — act of negating something
• Hungarian: tagadás — act of negating something
• Icelandic: neitun — act of negating something
• Japanese: 否定 (hitei) — act of negating something
• Korean: 부정 (bujeong) — act of negating something
• Norman: dêniêthie — act of negating something
• Norwegian Bokmål: nektelse — act of negating something
• Polish: zaprzeczenie — act of negating something
• Polish: zaprzeczanie — act of negating something
• Polish: negacja — act of negating something
• Polish: negowanie — act of negating something
• Portuguese: negação — act of negating something
• Romanian: negare — act of negating something
• Romanian: negație — act of negating something
• Russian: отрица́ние (otricánije) — act of negating something
• Slovak: negácia — act of negating something
• Slovak: negovanie — act of negating something
• Slovak: popieranie — act of negating something
• Spanish: negación — act of negating something
• Swahili: ukanushi — act of negating something
• Ukrainian: запере́чення (zaperéčennja) — act of negating something
• Arabic: إِنْكَار (ʔinkār) — denial or contradiction
• Bulgarian: отказ (otkaz) — denial or contradiction
• Bulgarian: отхвърляне (othvǎrljane) — denial or contradiction
• Catalan: negació — denial or contradiction
• Chinese Mandarin: 拒絕 /拒绝 (jùjué) — denial or contradiction
• Chinese Mandarin: 否認 /否认 (fǒurèn) — denial or contradiction
• Czech: popření — denial or contradiction
• French: négation — denial or contradiction
• German: Verneinung — denial or contradiction
• Greek: άρνηση (árnisi) — denial or contradiction
• Hungarian: tagadás — denial or contradiction
• Hungarian: elutasítás — denial or contradiction
• Hungarian: ellentmondás — denial or contradiction
• Hungarian: ellenkezés — denial or contradiction
• Icelandic: neitun — denial or contradiction
• Japanese: 否決 (hiketsu) — denial or contradiction
• Japanese: 否認 (hinin) — denial or contradiction
• Lithuanian: neigimas — denial or contradiction
• Norwegian Bokmål: nektelse — denial or contradiction
• Norwegian Bokmål: avvisning — denial or contradiction
• Polish: odmowa — denial or contradiction
• Russian: отка́з (otkáz) — denial or contradiction
• Russian: опроверже́ние (oproveržénije) — denial or contradiction
• Arabic: نَفْي (nafy) — negation in logic
• Armenian: ժխտում (žxtum) — negation in logic
• Armenian: բացասում (bacʻasum) — negation in logic
• Bulgarian: отрицание (otricanie) — negation in logic
• Catalan: negació — negation in logic
• Chinese Mandarin: 否定 (fǒudìng) — negation in logic
• Czech: negace — negation in logic
• Esperanto: negacio — negation in logic
• Esperanto: negado — negation in logic
• Esperanto: neado — negation in logic
• French: négation — negation in logic
• German: Negation — negation in logic
• Greek: άρνηση (árnisi) — negation in logic
• Hindi: निषेध (niṣedh) — negation in logic
• Hungarian: negáció — negation in logic
• Icelandic: neitun — negation in logic
• Japanese: 否定 (hitei) — negation in logic
• Norwegian Bokmål: negasjon — negation in logic
• Polish: negacja — negation in logic
• Portuguese: negação — negation in logic
• Russian: отрица́ние (otricánije) — negation in logic
• Slovak: negácia — negation in logic