A denial is a refusal, and often means a refusal to believe or accept something as the truth. "When asked if he ate the powdered doughnut, he gave a flat denial. Since his face was covered with powdered sugar, the denial was ludicrous."
The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
Noun
renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
Noun
a defendant''s answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
Noun
the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
Noun
the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
Noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
n.
The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; --
the contrary of affirmation.
n.
A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge,
imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or
maintained; a contradiction.
n.
A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
n.
A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with;
disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault
charged on one; a denial of God.
Denial
You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient.2.
The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials.4.
The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
Usage Examples
I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.
It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.
Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet they are about denial and discipline.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
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Other Usage ExamplesFew tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.
Hope is the denial of reality.
I was sort of in denial about doing country for awhile but I sort of grew up and realized who I was, what I wanted to say. I think country music is the best music in the world and I'm glad to be doing a country album. I hope people will love it as much as I loved making it.
I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred.
If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity.
Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past.
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
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