negand

plural negands

1. human sciencesThe proposition that is to be negated.

   A negation is true if and only if the negand is not true.

   2006, Dov M. Gabbay, John Woods, Logic and the Modalities in the Twentieth Century, page 345

   2 more examples

   "Maisie is a rottweiler" is the negand of "Maisie is not a rottweiler."

   2012, Nicholas Jeremy Josef Smith, Logic: The Laws of Truth, page 25

   In a negation, the formula being negated is called the negand.

   2015, Howard Gregory, Language and Logics

   Synonyms: negatum