1. the act of negating, contradicting, or denying something
Usage: philosophical; formal
2. in Hegelian philosophy, the process by which a thesis and antithesis are resolved into a higher synthesis
Usage: philosophical; technical

Examples

• The philosopher’s sublations of traditional arguments challenged conventional thinking.
• Hegel’s concept of sublation involves both negation and preservation.
• The debate featured several sublations of the opposing viewpoint.
• Through sublation, contradictory ideas can be reconciled at a higher level.
• The critic’s sublations of the theory were thorough and systematic.
• Dialectical sublations move thought forward through contradiction.