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DISAFFIRMATION
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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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