denial
Use Denial in a sentence
əl noun
1.
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.
2.
refusal to believe a doctrine, theory, or the like.
3.
disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing.
4.
the refusal to satisfy a claim, request, desire, etc., or the refusal of a person making it.
5.
refusal to recognize or acknowledge; a disowning or disavowal: the traitor's denial of his country; Peter's denial of Christ.
6.
Law. refusal 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.
7.
sacrifice of one's own wants or needs; self-denial.
8.
Psychology. an unconscious defense mechanism used to reduce anxiety by denying thoughts, feelings, or facts that are consciously intolerable.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a refusal to agree or comply with a statement; contradiction |
| 2. | the rejection of the truth of a proposition, doctrine, etc: a denial of God's existence |
| 3. | a negative reply; rejection of a request |
| 4. | a refusal to acknowledge; renunciation; disavowal: a denial of one's leader |
| 5. | See also defence mechanism a psychological process by which painful truths are not admitted into an individual's consciousness |
| 6. | abstinence; self-denial |
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Medical Dictionary
denial de·ni·al (dĭ-nī'əl)
n.
An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings.
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Example sentences
Her exhaustively researched picture is of a $15 billion industry in near-total denial about the effects it has.
There is also denial and the feeling that you are crazy.
It meant that he was afraid of everybody and that his peculiar humor was a denial of anxiety.
Right now they either are naive about that or in denial about it.
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