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hypernegation

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English

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Etymology

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From hyper- (excessive) +‎ negation.

Noun

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hypernegation (uncountable)

  1. Negation that reinforces, rather than cancels, other negation in a sentence.[1]
Examples

Not with my son, you won't.

Antonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Negation”, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2015 January 7, § "Negative concord and its relations"