#negative a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"
exclusion: affirmative
supertype: denial the act of refusing a request; "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
subtype: no a negative; "his no was loud and clear"
subtype: nay a negative; "the nays have it"
subtype: double_negative a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative; "I don't never go"
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