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

Here is my "particular negative," on which to test his rule.

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

In logical language, in order to disprove a "universal affirmative," it is enough to prove its contradictory, which is a "particular negative."

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

The only mode usually recognised of converting a particular negative proposition, is in the form, Some A is not B, therefore, something which is not B is A; and this is termed conversion by contraposition.

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I by Mill, John Stuart