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Double negative Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Double negative has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an affirmative constructed from two negatives

"A not unwelcome outcome"

2

a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative

"I don't never go"

3

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
affirmative negative
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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