어떤 사실이나 주장을 부인하거나 거부하는 행위
the act of denying, contradicting, or refusing to accept something as true or valid
예문:
"The witness provided a firm negation of the prosecutor's claims during the trial."
"Scientific progress often requires the negation of long-held myths through rigorous testing."
실재하거나 긍정적인 것의 결여, 반대 또는 비존재
the absence, opposite, or non-existence of something positive or real
예문:
"Some philosophers argue that darkness is merely the negation of light rather than a force of its own."
"The artist used empty space as a negation of form to evoke a sense of loneliness."
진술이나 절의 진위 여부를 부정하는 명제 또는 문법적 요소
a proposition or grammatical element that denies the truth of a statement or clause
예문:
"In formal logic, the negation of a true statement results in a false statement."
"The linguist analyzed how different languages use prefixes for morphological negation."