negation
/nɪˈgeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- the contradiction or denial of something否定; 否认：
there should be confirmation - or negation - of the findings.
对于这些结果应予以承认——或者否定。
1.1
- Grammar denial of the truth of a clause or sentence, typically involving the use of a negative word (e.g. not, no, never) or a word or affix with negative force (e.g. nothing, non-)【语法】否定。
1.2
- count noun Logic a proposition whose assertion specifically denies the truth of another proposition【逻】（对命题的）否定：
the negation of A is, briefly, 'not A'.
简单地说, 对A的否定就是“非A"。
1.3
- Mathematics inversion【数】反演：
count noun these formulae and their negations.这些公式和它们的反演。
2
- the absence or opposite of something actual or positive反面, 对立面; 虚无：
evil is not merely the negation of goodness.
恶不仅仅是善的对立面。
派生词
negatory
/nɪˈgeɪtərɪ/ adjective词源
late Middle English: from Latin negatio（n-）, from the verb negare 'deny' （see NEGATE）.