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negation

grammatical form that encodes negative polarity or falsity
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negation

Summary

negation is a grammatical category[1]. negation has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • negation's instance of is recorded as grammatical category[3].
  • negation is a type of affirmation and negation[4].
  • negation is a type of derivation[5].
  • negation is the opposite of affirmative[6].
  • negation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/negation[7].
  • negation's has characteristic is recorded as negative[8].

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Definition and Type

negation's instance of is recorded as grammatical category[3]. Recorded subclass of include affirmation and negation[4] and derivation[5]. negation is the opposite of affirmative[6].

Why It Matters

negation has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] negation is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0378745-negace-lingvistika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0378745-negace-lingvistika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 7w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → affirmative
    Instance of → grammatical category
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536009005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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