denial
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2.8
- noun
- /dɪˈnaɪəl/
:
negación
- The era of deficit denial in Washington is over.
- denial of rights
- denial of a permit
- public denials
So stop the denial, Stop playing these silly games.
- So stop the denial, Stop playing these silly games.
- The sort of denial of history that's built into that.
- Marshall must not be the total denial of the wrongdoers dignity and worth.
- Stormy Daniels lawyer Michael Avenatti says that Trump's denial is good for his client.
- Faced faced with these denials, Trump has not produced a shred of evidence.
- And what about affirmation and denial with would this fit into that at all?
- You may want to generate a denial of service attack.
- And I also think indoctrination and denial is powerful.
- It's kind of an effect on, on this denial of, of access to the truth.
- So there's no denial of that bad things happen to you, yes.
Examples
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The vets were protesting the denial of cashing their World War One service benefits.
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Withholding citizenship is nothing but a denial of human rights to Russians.
Academic text (2008) -
Determining a student's placement prior to programming can amount to a denial of FAPE.
Academic text (2013) -
According to the court, this delay amounted to a denial of FAPE.
Academic text (2013) -
Japanese Americans have underutilized mental health services because of a denial of mental illness (Dennis, 2004; French, 2002).
Academic text (2013) -
The parent filed an appeal after receiving a denial for their child's application to the school.
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His constant denial of the problem made it difficult for his friends to help him.
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The company issued a formal denial of the allegations against its CEO.
Synonyms
180
3.0
Not being accepted by people or a group
122
1.4
An act of saying you will not accept or agree to something
86
3.0
A feeling when you do not think something is true
5
8.7
Saying you do not accept something, for example an accusation or agreement
3
6.2
An act of saying that a statement or idea is not true
2
8.1
A public statement saying you have no knowledge of or connection to something
1
7.2
An official decision not to accept a claim, for example a tax expense
A statement saying that something is not true or not valid
Saying that something is not true or refusing a request
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A joking way to show someone refuses to accept the truth
Compounds
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5.7
Choosing not to have something you want for moral, religious, or unselfish reasons
How Strong
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Morphology
Etymology
Denial comes from the Latin verb denegare, where negare means 'to say no' or 'refuse'. So a denial is simply saying 'no' — refusing to accept or agree to something.