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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
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.
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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
Maduro claimed victory, and his third consecutive term, despite the Democratic Unitary Platform’s (PUD) outright negation of the results.
—Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 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
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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
Maduro claimed victory, and his third consecutive term, despite the Democratic Unitary Platform’s (PUD) outright negation of the results.
—Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negation
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This is not just the violence of batons or bullets, but the quieter devastation inflicted by law through denial, deferral or bureaucratic neglect.—
Hansel Alejandro Aguilar,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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For those battling severe disease, foundation staffers can work with you one-on-one to fight a denial.—
Lauren Sausser,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bolsonaro is accused of attempting to stage a coup, involvement in an armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law and two counts involving destruction of state property.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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Mary connected her mother’s legacy to public memorialization and to contemporary activists’ fights for police reform and abolition.—
LaShawn Harris
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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And then, 11 days later, the movie will appear in theaters nationwide, something that seemed implausible over the years as the rejections kept piling up.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Then an Alabama woman whose pig kidney lasted 130 days before rejection prompted its removal, sending her back to dialysis, helped researchers shift to not-as-sick patients.—
Lauran Neergaard,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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But the new leadership team, headed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), all voted against the House’s 2021 AUMF repeal bill and did not have an appetite to bring it up last year.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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The senator also called for the full repeal of Section 230.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Negation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negation. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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