Compound negative
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A compound negative occurs when there are two negatives in a phrase, thereby making the sense positive. An example would be, "the presentation was not without humor" or "his view was not unreasonable."
A "double negative" is very different: its use of two negatives is not intended to create a positive, as in "she just don't love me no more."