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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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Commissioners also said Erik Menendez's use of contraband cellphones was a factor in the denial.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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If no one in Washington is willing to lead on the debt, the next presidential election may be just another chapter in the nation’s fiscal denial.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 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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But the lack of funding alternatives has fueled effective messaging campaigns about the void that abolition would leave.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Some will see it as a safety feature, others as rejection, and bad actors may view it as a challenge to exploit.—
Victor Dey,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Just like with federal student loans, incomplete applications are a recipe for rejection.—
Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
20 Aug. 2025
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On August 7, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X his support for the repeal of women’s constitutional right to vote.—
Laurie Gray,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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What were the issues CEQA was originally trying to address, and what parts did Newsom effectively repeal in June?—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Negation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negation. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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