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double negative
Overview of noun double-negative
The noun double negative has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. double negative -- (an affirmative constructed from two negatives; "A not unwelcome outcome")
2. double negative -- (a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative; "I don't never go")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun double-negative
2 senses of double negative
Sense 1
double negative
=> affirmative
=> avowal, avouchment, affirmation
=> assertion, averment, asseveration
=> declaration
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
double negative
=> negative
=> denial
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun double-negative
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun double-negative
2 senses of double negative
Sense 1
double negative
=> affirmative
Sense 2
double negative
=> negative
Antonyms of noun double-negative
Member Holonyms of noun double-negative
Substance Holonyms of noun double-negative
Part Holonyms of noun double-negative
Member Meronyms of noun double-negative
Substance Meronyms of noun double-negative
Part Meronyms of noun double-negative
Meronyms of noun double-negative
Holonyms of noun double-negative
Attributes of noun double-negative
Derived Forms of noun double-negative
Domain of noun double-negative
Domain Terms of noun double-negative
Familiarity of noun double-negative
double negative used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun double-negative
2 senses of double negative
Sense 1
double negative
> affirmative
=> yes
=> yea
=> double negative
Sense 2
double negative
> negative
=> no
=> nay
=> double negative
Meronyms of noun double-negative
2 senses of double negative
Holonyms of noun double-negative
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