The phrase "a negative assertion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing statements or claims that deny or contradict something.
Example: "His response was a negative assertion that the project would not succeed."
Alternatives: "a negative statement" or "a denial".
These questions, all of which are affirmative yes/no questions, reverse their polarity from affirmative to negative by conveying a negative assertion which shows what is problematic about a portion of student text or talk and, in the process, points to a possible solution.
It might sound unfair to make such a negative assertion before the product has even dropped.
A rule base is applied to the text that assigns to each concept an attribute stating that the concept is a positive assertion, a negative assertion or an uncertain assertion.
Answering too quickly with a negative statement of a positive assertion, such as "Did you wash those pots lazily?" answered by "No, I did not wash those pots lazily," as an attempt to avoid the impression of a delayed answer.[4].
This is done with four factorially-derived, first-order dimensions: (i) Display of negative feelings (Negative assertion); (ii) Expression of and dealing with personal limitations; (iii) Initiating assertiveness; and (iv) Praising others and the ability to deal with compliments/praise of others (Positive assertion).
There is so much negative assertion, in educational attainment, about single parents; the laughable backdrop is the number of married households in insecure work who are de facto single parents anyway, because they never see each other.
In this manuscript, we are focusing on the evaluation of the assignment to concepts the attribute "negative assertion" (see Figure 1).
Defeat of expectations: negative assertion, as in "contrary to what you'd expect…." Although usually signaled by a negative construction, a defeat of expectations could also be indicated by the adversative connective, but, for example, "He wanted to climb the tree, but he got stuck".
Such negative assertions can be in conflict with other, positive, assertions, a conflict that could be captured in the summary line, with the use of terms from the branches 'confidence statement from conflicting evidence lines of same type' and 'confidence statement from conflicting evidence lines of multiple types'.
This showed that individuals are faster to evaluate affirmative assertions than negative assertions.
I can understand not wanting to volunteer negative assertions, but I pulled and cajoled.
