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overnegation

overnegation noun: excessive negation.

Noun

overnegation (uncountable)

  1. Excessive negation.
    • Firmly based in meditative practice and reacting to a perceived overnegation tending toward the nihilistic in Madhyamaka teachings, Yōgacāra doctrines are concerned with the non duality ^([sic]) of subject and object, which for them are impositions upon the non-dual flow of perceptions, sometimes...1998, Gay Watson, The Resonance of Emptiness, page 80

Origin of overnegation

From over- + negation.

Questions about overnegation

What does overnegation mean?
Overnegation means excessive negation.
What part of speech is overnegation?
Overnegation is a noun.

Words near overnegation in the dictionary

  1. overnarrowly
  2. overnationalization
  3. overnear
  4. overneat
  5. overneatness
  6. overnegation
  7. overneglect
  8. overnegligence
  9. overnegligent
  10. overner
  11. overners

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