denialnoun
uk/dɪˈnaɪ.əl/us/dɪˈnaɪ.əl/denial noun (NOT TRUE)
C2 [ C ] a statement that something is not true or does not exist:
The CEO issued a denial of the report that she is about to resign.
[ + that ] Officials did not believe the runner's denial that he had taken drugs.
His denial of responsibility for the accident was unconvincing.
C2 [ C ] a statement that someone has not done something
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Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- answer
- answer (sb) back
- change your tune idiom
- contradiction
- debunk
- defensive
- deny
- disagree
- Dutchman
- hell
- I'm a Dutchman idiom
- nonsense
- oxymoron
- rebut
- speak for yourself idiom
- stand
- stand sth on its head idiom
- talk
- the hell sb is/does, etc. idiom
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denial noun (NOT ALLOW)
[ U ] the fact of not allowing someone to do or have something:
a gross denial of justice
See also
self-denial
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Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- blow
- bugger
- damned
- demur
- derecognize
- disclaim
- door
- override
- react against sth
- refusal
- shoot
- shun
- sit
- sit sth out
- throw
- throw sth out
- turn sb away
- vote sth down
- wash
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Denying & contradicting
denial noun (NOT ACCEPT)
an unwillingness to accept that something unpleasant is true:
He's still in denial about the break-up of his relationship.
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Not believing
- are my eyes deceiving me? idiom
- as if! idiom
- authority
- believe
- believe sth when you see it idiom
- have something on good authority idiom
- I'll eat my hat idiom
- iconoclastic
- in your dreams! idiom
- incredulous
- joke
- Marines
- perceive
- quarrel with sth
- salt
- satisfied
- self-deception
- since when idiom
- take sth with a pinch of salt idiom
- worship
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denial noun (AGAINST BELIEFS)
the situation in which someone behaves in a way that goes against their beliefs and what they think is right:
If I did what you ask, it would be a denial of everything I stand for (= believe in).
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- -ist
- article of faith
- attitude
- attitudinal
- baggage
- banner
- be a matter of opinion idiom
- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- stand
- try sth out on sb
- turn of mind
- voice
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
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