Translations for „double negative“ in the English » German Dictionary

dou·ble ˈnega·tive N LING

double negative

doppelte Verneinung

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The curious double negative in this line reveals a sudden, hastily covered dissonance of emotions.

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At the risk of drawing a straw man built on a false equivalence and double negative, no one doesn't think the real enemy is within.

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Positive feedback occurs when a gene activates itself directly or indirectly via a double negative feedback loop.

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The double negative has been taken by many to mean that the handset does exist.

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Bob's only fault was the use of a double negative on that sentence which are known to confuse readers right and left.

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The double negative is also used by politicians as a way to cloak a brutal meaning in a slightly softer cloth.

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I'm pretty sure there's a double negative in there somewhere.

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This extraordinary material was realized on paper with simultaneous negative values for ", and,", and could therefore be termed a double negative material.

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But the double negative can make things confusing.

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Then the classic grammatical instrument of obfuscation: the double negative.

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