diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 0dbdd67a82f391..1d02021417a6d7 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -932,7 +932,10 @@ def __init__(self,
 
     def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
         if option_string in self.option_strings:
-            setattr(namespace, self.dest, not option_string.startswith('--no-'))
+            if not self.dest.startswith('no'):
+                setattr(namespace, self.dest, not option_string.startswith('--no-'))
+            else:
+                setattr(namespace, self.dest, option_string.count('no') == self.dest.count('no'))
 
     def format_usage(self):
         return ' | '.join(self.option_strings)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2024-04-19-13-35-28.gh-issue-117941.s9-8rd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2024-04-19-13-35-28.gh-issue-117941.s9-8rd.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ec162532bfdf0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2024-04-19-13-35-28.gh-issue-117941.s9-8rd.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+write!