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Noun Concept
Categories: Ambiguity, Semantics, Grammar, Semantics (linguistics), Nonstandard English grammar
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double negative  Abusive negation  double-negative  double negatives  double no
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An affirmative constructed from two negatives WordNet 3.0
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An affirmative constructed from two negatives WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A double negative is a construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence. Wikipedia
Concept in linguistics Wikipedia Disambiguation
Construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Grammatical construction occurring when two forms of negation are used in the same sentence Wikidata
A phrase in which there are two negative words or their compounds (e.g. no, not, never, none, etc), occasionally leading to ambiguity in the meaning, but necessary in some foreign languages. Wiktionary
Phrase in which there are two negative words. Wiktionary (translation)
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A not unwelcome outcome WordNet 3.0
Double negative such as 'A not unwelcome outcome' Open English WordNet
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affirmative
construction
negation
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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double negative
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double negative
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double negative
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double negative
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Abusive negation, double-negative, double negatives, double no, Duplex negatio affirmat, Duplex negatio negat, emphatic negation, Explective negation, Hyper-negation, Hypernegation, Logical double negation (linguistics), Multiple negation, multiple negative, Ne pas, negative concord, Negative concord negation, Paratactic negation, Pleonastic negation, Sympathetic negation, triple negative
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not not

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