ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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at work in apophatic texts from Plato's Timaeus to Eckhart's sermons to Dionysius' hierarchies to Heidegger's late unpublished lectures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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