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Hypernegation

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neg-raisingnoun(linguistics) The phenomenon by which certain negated predicates (e.g. think, believe, expect) can give rise to a reading where the negation seems to take scope from an embedded clause.
negationnoun(uncountable) The act of negating something.
negativeNot positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
negandnoun(logic) The proposition that is to be negated.
negatumnounSomething that is negated.
connegativenounA verb form used with a negative verb in certain languages.
negatornoun(grammar) A word (or other structural element) which causes negation.
negative verbnounAn auxiliary verb used for negation in certain languages.
nonnegativenessnounThe condition of being nonnegative.
overnegationnoun(Buddhism) Excessive negation.
nonnegativitynounThe condition of being nonnegative
double negativenoun(rhetoric, usually derogatory) A phrase including two negative words (no, not, never, etc.) especially when used as intensifiers in informal English.
negative clausenoun(grammar) a clause that states a negative
nonpositivitynoun(mathematics) The condition of being nonpositive
n-wordnoun(euphemistic) The word nigger or nigga or nigra.
negative pregnantnoun(law) A denial which implies its affirmative opposite by seeming to deny only a qualification of the allegation and not the allegation itself. For example, "I have never consumed cocaine while on duty" might imply that the person making the statement had consumed cocaine on other occasions.
non-contradictionnounAlternative form of noncontradiction. [A statement which is logically not a contradiction.]
orphaned negativenoun(grammar) A negative word or term (such as "disgruntled", "uncouth" or "incognito") that has no positive equivalent in current use.
nullifiernounOne who, or that which, nullifies.
negatorynoun(military, CB slang) No.

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