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Double Negative

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Double Negatives
possessive
Double Negative's
pluralpossessive
Double Negatives'