ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overnegation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Overnegation is a noun meaning (Buddhism) Excessive negation.

Meaning

(Buddhism) Excessive negation.

Example Sentences

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 termed Mind.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hypernegation, negand, negatum, negation, negator, connegative.

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