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hyponegation

hyponegation noun: implied negation in a sentence.

Noun

hyponegation (uncountable)

  1. Implied negation in a sentence.
    • A rich crosslinguistic vein for mining both hypernegation (which doesn't count when it "should") and hyponegation (which counts when it "shouldn't") is that of the inverse readings of proximative adverbs like almost and barely.2010, Laurence R. Horn, The Expression of Negation, →ISBN, page 138

Antonyms of hyponegation

Origin of hyponegation

From hypo- (“deficient”) + negation.

Questions about hyponegation

What does hyponegation mean?
Hyponegation means implied negation in a sentence.
What part of speech is hyponegation?
Hyponegation is a noun.

Words near hyponegation in the dictionary

  1. hyponatremic
  2. hyponatræmia
  3. hyponea
  4. hyponeas
  5. hyponecral
  6. hyponegation
  7. hyponeic
  8. hyponeophagia
  9. hyponeural
  10. hyponeuston
  11. hyponitric acid

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