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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•ni•al /dɪˈnaɪəl/USA pronunciation n. - an assertion that another statement is false:[countable]issued a denial of the story.
- a refusal to believe in the existence of a thing:[uncountable]He's in denial; he refuses to recognize that his brother is a liar.
- the refusal to accept a claim or request:[uncountable]denial of the most basic civil liberties.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•ni•al (di nī′əl),USA pronunciation n. - an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:Despite his denials, we knew he had taken the purse. The politician issued a denial of his opponent's charges.
- refusal to believe a doctrine, theory, or the like.
- disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing.
- the refusal to satisfy a claim, request, desire, etc., or the refusal of a person making it.
- refusal to recognize or acknowledge;
a disowning or disavowal:the traitor's denial of his country; Peter's denial of Christ. - Lawrefusal to acknowledge the validity of a claim, suit, or the like;
a plea that denies allegations of fact in an adversary's plea:Although she sued for libel, he entered a general denial. - sacrifice of one's own wants or needs;
self-denial. - Psychologyan unconscious defense mechanism used to reduce anxiety by denying thoughts, feelings, or facts that are consciously intolerable.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . disavowal, disclaimer, repudiation.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . admission, acknowledgment, confession.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: denial /dɪˈnaɪəl/ n - a refusal to agree or comply with a statement; contradiction
- the rejection of the truth of a proposition, doctrine, etc
- a negative reply; rejection of a request
- a refusal to acknowledge; renunciation; disavowal
- a psychological process by which painful truths are not admitted into an individual's consciousness
- abstinence; self-denial
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