Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyponegation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-ponega-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Implied negation in a sentence.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A rich crosslinguistic vein for mining both hypernegation (which doesn't count when it "should") and hyponegation (which counts when it "shouldn't") is that of the inverse readings of proximative adverbs like almost and barely."

Etymology

From hypo- (“deficient”) + negation.

Usage

Uncountable

Antonyms

hypernegation

Questions

What does hyponegation mean?: Implied negation in a sentence.
Where does hyponegation come from?: From hypo- (“deficient”) + negation.

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