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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
  • Rebholz wrote about the application denial in a December 2022 post on the NCA website.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Because Snopes and Live Science contacted NTU separately and reached the same denial, the claim fails basic verification tests, which is not a minor error but a core authenticity issue.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For 25 to 34 year olds, 53 percent were republicans compared to 45 percent royalist and 35 to 44-year-olds were almost exactly split, with 48 percent in favor of abolition and 47 percent wanting to keep the royals.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • His childhood pastor was a guy named Henry Highland Garnet, this Black radical pastor who advocated for abolition and even made a young Frederick Douglass appear to be weak on matters of abolition and measures of equity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Combining rigorous research and captivating narration, Kateryna Zarembo debunks common myths about the region, such as its long-standing gravitation towards Russia and its rejection of everything Ukrainian.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Named after the island’s Indigenous name, Rapa Nui, the drug rapamycin was initially developed as an immunosuppressant to prevent organ transplant rejection and to improve the efficacy of stents to treat coronary artery disease.
    Ted Powers, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The repeal of clean energy tax credits also stands to hinder Kentucky's budding electric vehicle industry.
    Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
  • California’s stricter auto emissions For California, the consequences of the repeal are complicated.
    Chaewon Chung Updated September 25, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Negation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negation. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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