negate /ni-gātˈ/

1. To deny
2. To nullify
3. To imply the non-existence of
4. To make ineffective

negation /-gāˈshən/ noun

1. The act of saying no
2. Denial
3. A negative proposition (logic)
4. Something that is the opposite (of a positive quality, state, etc)
5. A thing characterized by the absence of qualities

negāˈtionist noun

Someone who merely denies, without offering any positive assertion

negative /negˈə-tiv/ adjective

1. Denying
2. Expressing denial, refusal, or prohibition, opp to affirmative
3. Denying the connection between a subject and a predicate (logic)
4. Lacking a positive quality
5. Failing to affirm
6. Opposite, contrary to, neutralizing, etc that which is regarded as positive
7. Censorious (US)
8. Defeatist, pessimistic
9. Obstructive, unconstructive
10. Less than nothing (mathematics)
11. Reckoned or measured in the opposite direction to that chosen as positive (mathematics)
12. At relatively lower potential (elec)
13. Of, having, or producing negative electricity (qv below; elec)
14. Having dark for light and light for dark (optics and photography)
15. In complementary colours (optics and photography)
16. Acid (chem)
17. Laevorotatory (optics)
18. Having the index of refraction for the extraordinary ray less than for the ordinary in double refraction (optics)
19. In a direction away from the source of stimulus (biology)

1. A word or statement by which something is denied
2. A word or grammatical form that expresses denial or opposition
3. A negative proposition or term
4. The right or act of saying no, or of refusing assent
5. The side of a question or the decision which denies what is affirmed
6. An image in which the lights and shades are reversed
7. A photographic film or plate bearing such an image
8. A quantity less than nothing (mathematics)
9. A negative quantity or quality

1. To prove the contrary of
2. To reject by vote
3. To veto
4. To reject by veto
5. To deny
6. To neutralize

negˈatively adverb

negˈativeness noun

negˈativism noun

1. A tendency to deny and criticize, without offering any positive assertions
2. A tendency to do the opposite of what one is asked to do

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