Denegative
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Denegative is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to denial or negation. Having the effect or quality of denying or negating.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to denial or negation. Having the effect or quality of denying or negating.
Example Sentences
Derrida draws attention to the denegative logic required to speak of what is most important by not speaking of it, by avoiding speaking of it; a logic he finds at work in apophatic texts from Plato's Timaeus to Eckhart's sermons to Dionysius' hierarchies to Heidegger's late unpublished lectures
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include negatival, negatory, abnegative, negative, down, negatative.
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