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

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

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

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)