double negation

noun

logic the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here

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“There a was period of time where double negation ... was the way to negate things, just as it is in French today,” said Plotkin.

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The double negation amounted to affirmation.

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The intensity of the speech called for the double negation.

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There is much significance in the double negation of my text, 'Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision.'

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A double negation occurs in Slavic frequently, without indicating an affirmation; for even if another negation has already taken place, they are accustomed to prefix to the verb the negative particle ne or nje.

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double monastery double negative

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