particular negative

American  

noun

Logic.

1. a proposition of the form “Some S is not P.” O

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Example Sentences

With depression, the brain can get stuck in a rut and locked into a particular negative way of thinking, he said.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2022

The only weakness perhaps is that your star player and perhaps least imposing defensive player, Steph Curry, is the one chasing Westbrook around, but I still think the positives outweigh that particular negative.

From Slate • May 23, 2016

The letters I, E and O are used respectively for the particular affirmative ``some x is y,'' the universal negative ``no x is y,'' and the particular negative ``some x is not y.''

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The universal affirmative "everybody says he's a duck" is crushed instantly by proving the particular negative "Peter says he's a goose," which is equivalent to "Peter does not say he's a duck."

From A Tangled Tale by Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)

The marking and storing of negatives in this way save hours of time spent in searching for some particular negative.

From Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 by Various