单词 | negative instance |
释义 | > as lemmasnegative instance negative instance n. rare a non-occurrence; an example or instance of a particular event or phenomenon not occurring, or a particular fact not holding true. ΚΠ 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies iii. 61 Now, one negative instance..is of more force to unfix..a pretending rule, then two affirmatives to establish it. 1881 G. S. Hall Aspects German Culture 230 The very possibility of unspaciality or punctuality must be inferred as negative instances from indeterminate extension and movement. 1995 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 100 1389 It is logically very difficult to define proper negative instances of phenomena such as social revolutions. < as lemmas |
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