denial
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- noun
- /dɪˈnaɪəl/
- Specialized
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- Your denial is so deep.
- denial of reality
- shock and denial
- chronic denial
They all insist I'm in denial and that I need help.
- They all insist I'm in denial and that I need help.
- They're they, they're in denial about racism, which is still a thing.
- So we're in massive denial and massive repression mode.
- They seem to get stuck at denial and anger.
- So he is in denial that this has happened.
- When you first got charged, you were in denial at the same time, correct?
- So I don't know about you, but denial just doesn't work.
- They go to blame, conspiracy theories, denial, they get angry about it.
- They have a tough back story or around denial and self reassurance.
- But why is denial so unhealthy?
Examples
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Initially, patients recalled having strong feelings of denial and resistance to change.
Academic text (2015) -
We are in deep, deep denial, the fact that we are mortal creatures.
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So he is in denial that this has happened.
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We went through that night, the shock, the grief, the denial, a lot of tears.
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It is the denial of it that gets us into trouble.
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There are signs that the walls of denial may be beginning to crumble.
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Almost always people go through a period of denial, profound disbelief and delay.
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They all insist I'm in denial and that I need help.
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I think he's in a state of denial or he just can't process it.
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He remained in denial about his health issues, refusing to visit the doctor.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A joking way to show someone refuses to accept the truth
Compounds
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Choosing not to have something you want for moral, religious, or unselfish reasons
How Denying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Denial comes from the Latin denegare, meaning 'to say no', so in psychology a denial is the mind's way of saying 'no' to a painful fact or reality. That's why someone in denial refuses to accept what is true.