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Recent Examples of negation 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 Their robust negations appeared to put both them and their American hosts on the right side of history, compared with writers in the unfree world of authoritarian regimes, who seemed to have been permanently tainted by lies, equivocations, and evasions. Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 As the character confronts the reality of his own negation by the same hero who activated his insecurities, Hoult’s face is a mask hiding what lies beneath: a black hole of anguish mirroring the black holes that almost swallowed Superman. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 July 2025 His embrace of manual labor as a form of rehabilitation was truly revolutionary, in the sense of being a total negation of traditional Chinese Confucian emphasis on education as a moral and intellectual journey. John Delury, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2013 See All Example Sentences for negation
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Noun
  • The family did not challenge the denial in court.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Back in September, the Chinese government enacted a law that allows for the imposition of retaliatory fees or port access denials for vessels from countries that take discriminatory actions against Chinese vessels or carriers.
    Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know The protest began in the South Waterfront area, where activists calling for the abolition of ICE and denouncing recent federal actions have held near-nightly demonstrations since the summer.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The recent abolition of these tariffs comes as the country has shifted from exporting more cotton to importing more fiber.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One day, doctors could produce blood fully compatible with a patient’s body, avoiding rejection risks.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Other university leaders are saying MIT's rejection of the deal opens the door for other institutions to make the same choice, rather than agree to deals like some of the Ivies have.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Colorado’s fee – which has survived repeal attempts – is expected to generate $5 billion in revenue over the next decade.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Hawley has continued to advocate for the full repeal of Section 230.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Negation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negation. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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