From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnegationne‧ga‧tion /nɪˈɡeɪʃən/ noun1[singular, uncountable] when something is made to have no effect or be the opposite of what it should beMuch of what passes for Christianity is a negation of Christ’s teachings.2[uncountable] when someone says no or disagreesHe shook his head in silent negation.Examples from the Corpusnegation• Just as unceasingly are the sounds of argumentation and negation to be heard.• Such knowledge by itself leads to a Buddhistic negation of the will.• The so-calledsecondarycategoriesconsist of almost equally linguisticconcepts: negation and opposition, comparatives, modes, and so on.• This is negation, not support.• This is a perfect example of the mechanism of negation as postulated by Sigmund Freud.• In the first it is the negation of desire, in the second, of the culturally defined other of cultural difference.• Perhaps Louis was also stung by the threatenednegation of his own youthfulexploits on the March.• Doing without negation is a particularly helpful feature, for a reason which will be explained below.