English

hypernegation

From hyper- (“excessive”) + negation.

A compound of hyper- ‘excessive’ + negation

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin negō ‘deny, refuse’

Latin negātiō ‘a denial’

Old French negacion

Middle English negacioun

Today it means

noun Negation that reinforces, rather than cancels, other negation in a sentence.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hypernegation