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🗣️ Indirect admission 🤔 Not clearly denying
nondenial

nondenial

8.0
Not clearly saying no when asked about something
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.dɪˈnaɪ.əl/
  • Literature
translation icon : no negación
  • The politician's nondenial response left the public wondering about the truth.

Examples

  • His nondenial answer made the reporters even more suspicious about the rumors.

  • She gave a nondenial reply when asked if she would be leaving the company.

  • It was a clear nondenial.

  • Don't give a nondenial!

  • The politician's response was a nondenial that left many questions unanswered.

  • Her vague remarks about the issue came across as a nondenial rather than a clear statement.

  • In his speech, the CEO offered a nondenial that avoided addressing the controversy directly.

Antonyms

denial
61 2.8

Refusing a request or saying something is not true

How Denying

denial
61 2.8
nondenial
  • Literature
8.0
admission
117 3.8

Surface Forms

nondenial positive

Morphology

nondenial = denial (transparent) = non + deny + al

Formed by the productive prefix 'non-' + 'denial' meaning simply 'not a denial', which is directly interpretable by learners.

Etymology

Nondenial is made from non- 'not' and denial 'saying no', so it describes an answer that is 'not a denial' — a reply that does not clearly say no and often makes people more suspicious of the truth.