DENY    否定非

SPEAK:say that something that has been SAID is UNTRUE.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. There are no common words for denial in pre-Buddhist Chinese. Fēi 非 has declarative transitive uses, I think, but I have not yet identified a clear relevant example.
Modern Chinese Criteria
否定 is the current modern word for denial. 否決 is to make or pass a decision against something. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • ATHEISM　DENIAL that DEITIES EXIT. (anc: 14/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • ADMITASSENT to what the LISTENER has in the PAST DECLARED to be TRUE OR what the LISTENER is BELIEVED to BELIEVE is TRUE.
Hypernym
  • SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 18.34

  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 495

    CONTRADICERE aliqvid ab aliqvo affirmatum negare, aut contra. hoc ut sit legitimum opus est 1. rem aliter scire. 2. certo scire. 3.Scire usum contraditionis.

    Detailed analysis

  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 18

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO. 95

    • Words (4 items)

    無  wú MC: mju OC: ma 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdeclarativedeny the existence ofCH
    非  fēi OC: pɯl MC: pɨi 0 Attributions

    There are no common words for denial in pre-Buddhist Chinese. Fēi 非 has declarative transitive uses, I think, but I have not yet identified a clear relevant example.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativeconsider as wrong, gainsay
    食  shí OC: ɢljɯɡ MC: ʑɨk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdeny 食言 "deny one's earlier statements"
    否  fǒu OC: pɯʔ MC: pɨu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdeny