否ひ定ていの否ひ定てい

expression, noun

negation of the negation

A technical term from Hegelian dialectics referring to the synthesis that emerges from the contradiction between a thesis and its antithesis. Used in philosophical contexts.

• ヘーゲル弁べん証しょう法ほうでは、否ひ定ていの否ひ定ていがより高こう次じの段だん階かいを生うみ出だすとされる。

  In Hegelian dialectics, the negation of the negation is said to produce a higher stage.