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  • 1Negative theology — also known as the Via Negativa (Latin for Negative Way ) and Apophatic theology is a theology that attempts to describe God by negation, to speak of God only in terms of what may not be said about God. In brief, the attempt is to gain and express …

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  • 2Negative assurance — is a method used by the Certified Public Accountant to assure various parties, such as bankers and stockbrokers, that financial data under review by them is correct. Negative assurance tells the data user that nothing has come to the CPA s… …

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  • 3Negative conclusion from affirmative premises — is a syllogistic fallacy committed when a categorical syllogism has a negative conclusion yet both premises are affirmative. The inability of affirmative premises to reach a negative conclusion is usually cited as one of the basic rules of… …

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  • 4Negative Assurance — A representation that particular facts are believed to be accurate since no contrary evidence has been found. Negative assurance is normally used by auditors in situations where it may not be possible to positively confirm the accuracy of… …

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  • 5negative assurance — 1. . A weak form of external *audit opinion in circumstances when an auditor does not follow *Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS). Negative assurance is offered by external auditors to support specific transactions like *flotations, and… …

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  • 6Negative campaigning — Part of the Politics series Political campaigning Finance …

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  • 7Negative Confirmation — A request by an auditor sent to a sample of a company’s customers asking them to respond only if they find a discrepancy between their books and the account recorded on the financial statements of the company being audited. Negative… …

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  • 8Double negative — This article is about the linguistic construct. For other uses, see Double Negative (disambiguation). A double negative occurs when two forms of negation are used in the same sentence. Multiple negation is the more general term referring to the… …

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  • 9Positive and negative (NLP) — The term positive is often used generally to mean desirable or beneficial , and negative is usually used to mean undesirable or bad . But in neuro linguistic programming it also has a specific technical meaning, in the phrases positive intent and …

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  • 10List of video games notable for negative reception — The video games listed here have achieved notably negative reception from a variety of gaming publications, some of which have also labelled them as the worst video games ever made. Contents 1 1980s 1.1 Custer s Revenge (Atari 2600) 1.2 E.T. the… …

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