DISAFFIRMATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of asserting that something alleged is not true

Synonyms:

denial; disaffirmation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("disaffirmation" is a kind of...):

assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disaffirmation"):

negation (the speech act of negating)

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