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double negation

noun

  1. logic the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

There is much significance in the double negation of my text, 'Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision.'

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