negation
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ne·ga·tion /nɪˈɡeɪʃən/ noun 1 [singular, uncountable] when something is made to have no effect or be the opposite of what it should be 否定；对立面 Much of what passes for Christianity is a negation of Christ’s teachings. 许多被认为是基督教的东西，和基督的教诲是相悖的。2 [uncountable] when someone says no or disagrees 拒绝；不同意 He shook his head in silent negation. 他摇摇头，默默地表示反对。Examples from the Corpus
negation• Just as unceasingly are the sounds of argumentation and negation to be heard.• Such knowledge by itself leads to a Buddhistic negation of the will.• The so-called secondary categories consist of almost equally linguistic concepts: negation and opposition, comparatives, modes, and so on.• This is negation, not support.• This is a perfect example of the mechanism of negation as postulated by Sigmund Freud.• In the first it is the negation of desire, in the second, of the culturally defined other of cultural difference.• Perhaps Louis was also stung by the threatened negation of his own youthful exploits on the March.• Doing without negation is a particularly helpful feature, for a reason which will be explained below.ne·ga·tion nounChineseSyllable
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negation
ne‧ga‧tion /nɪˈɡeɪʃən/
noun1. [singular, uncountable] when something is made to have no effect or be the opposite of what it should be:
Much of what passes for Christianity is a negation of Christ’s teachings.
2. [uncountable] when someone says no or disagrees:
He shook his head in silent negation.
ne‧ga‧tion /nɪˈɡeɪʃən/
noun1. [singular, uncountable] when something is made to have no effect or be the opposite of what it should be: 2. [uncountable] when someone says no or disagrees: