Double Negative Definition

noun
The use of two negatives in a single statement having a negative force (Ex.: “I didn't hear nothing”)
Webster's New World

(pejorative, rhetoric) A phrase in which there are two negative words or their compounds (e.g. no, not, never, none, etc), occasionally leading to ambiguity in the meaning, but necessary in some foreign languages.

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Noun

Singular:
double negative
Plural:
double-negatives

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