The act of asserting that something alleged is not true
English: denial, disaffirmation
Bahasa: penolakan, pengingkaran
penyangkalanBahasa Indonesia
contradiction, denial, contradiction in terms, disaffirmation, negation
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#19,212 of the corpus · 2.3 per million words · 9,755 occurrences
From sangkal (peN-…-an) · rare, #31,856
Noun
(logic) a statement that is necessarily false
English: contradiction, contradiction in terms
Bahasa: pertentangan
Opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
English: contradiction
Bahasa: pertentangan, kontradiksi
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4 more noun senses
(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
English: rebutter, rebuttal
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The speech act of negating
English: negation
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The speech act of contradicting someone
English: contradiction
Bahasa: penyanggahan
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
English: denial
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