1
as in denial
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
issued specific negations of all of the charges against her
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as in abolition
the doing away with something by formal action
a ruling by the Supreme Court that many regarded as a negation of the basic right of privacy
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Recent Examples of negation
The saga ended as last-minute negations between civic leaders and company representatives temporarily spared the shop from shuttering.
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Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
His vehement negation notwithstanding, the little girl stays resolute in her claims.
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Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
11 Dec. 2025
Removed the effect that increased damage negation upon re-summoning condemned.
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Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
The French psychiatrist Jules Cotard described this delusional disorder in 1880 and initially named it the delusion of negation (this classification has subsequently been generally referred to via his last name).
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
His vehement negation notwithstanding, the little girl stays resolute in her claims.
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Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
11 Dec. 2025
Removed the effect that increased damage negation upon re-summoning condemned.
—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
The French psychiatrist Jules Cotard described this delusional disorder in 1880 and initially named it the delusion of negation (this classification has subsequently been generally referred to via his last name).
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negation
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Their desperate hope, their cruel denial still weigh on this nation’s soul 87 years later, though most Americans only caught glimpses of the doomed passengers through news reels.
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Iraq were the weakest in this section and, when Rebin Sulaka pulled back Sadio Mane in the 13th minute, he was dismissed for the denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
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Reparations has been a hot-button issue across the country since the abolition of slavery in 1865.
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The group, formed in 2023, demands greater political rights for people of Kashmir and the abolition of the refugee seats on the grounds that the refugees have disproportionate influence.
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Social and physical pain share overlapping circuitry in the brain, and a large-scale meta-analysis identified the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex as the region most reliably activated by social rejection, the same region most associated with the experience of pain itself.
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At the end of the day, the college audition process has rejection.
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This White House championed the repeal, enacted by Republican majorities in Congress, of the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits for EVs and continues to treat EVs as a fringe product.
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While Sacramento police had not enforced the ban for years, the repeal of the 1988 ordinance and the signs along Franklin Boulevard and Broadway was a milestone.
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“Negation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negation. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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