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DISAFFIRMATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disaffirmation mean? 

DISAFFIRMATION (noun)
  The noun DISAFFIRMATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of asserting that something alleged is not trueplay

  Familiarity information: DISAFFIRMATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISAFFIRMATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of asserting that something alleged is not true

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

denial; disaffirmation

Hypernyms ("disaffirmation" is a kind of...):

assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disaffirmation"):

negation (the speech act of negating)


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