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double negative

noun

Meaning

  1. A phrase in which there are two negative words or their compounds (e.g. no, not, never, none, etc), occasionally leading to ambiguity in the meaning, but necessary in some foreign languages.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

negative(English)orphaned negative(English)connegative(English)n-word(English)negation(English)hypernegation(English)negative clause(English)negator(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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