Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin negātiōnem.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ção

Noun

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negação f (plural negações)

  1. denial; negation
  2. negation (the act of negating something)
  3. (logic) negation (proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition)
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Further reading

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  • negação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913