Double negative

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA 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.

Synonyms

negative orphaned negative connegative n-word negation hypernegation negative clause negator nonnegativeness nonnegativity nonpositivity negatum

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