denial

Noun

 * 1) An assertion of untruth.
 * 2)  The negation in logic.
 * 3) A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired.
 * 4) Refusal to believe that a problem exists.
 * 5) Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing.
 * 6) Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation.
 * 7)  A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
 * 8) A disownment or disavowal
 * 1) Refusal to believe that a problem exists.
 * 2) Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing.
 * 3) Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation.
 * 4)  A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
 * 5) A disownment or disavowal
 * 1) Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation.
 * 2)  A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
 * 3) A disownment or disavowal
 * 1)  A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
 * 2) A disownment or disavowal
 * 1) A disownment or disavowal
 * 1) A disownment or disavowal

Usage notes

 * See refute.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: абвяржэ́нне
 * Catalan: desmentiment
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French:
 * German:, , Bestreitung, Abstreitung
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀπόφασις
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: negātiō
 * Lithuanian: neigimas, paneigimas
 * Norwegian: benektelse
 * Old English: wiþersæc
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: спростува́ння
 * Volapük:


 * Arabic: نَفْي
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: адмаўле́нне
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: инкарло
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: უარყოფა
 * German:, , Negierung
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: запере́чення


 * Arabic: إِنْكَار, رَفْض, إِبَاء
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, atkaz
 * Belarusian: адмо́ва
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, kieltävä vastaus
 * French:
 * Georgian: უარყოფა
 * German:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: éaradh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: infitiae
 * Lithuanian: atsisakymas
 * Maori: aukatinga
 * Norwegian: nekting nekt
 * Old English: wiþersæc
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: àicheadh, diùltadh
 * Slovak: odmietnutie
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: Leugnen, Abstreiten, Nichtwahrhabenwollen,
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian:
 * Lithuanian: neigimas
 * Malay: penafian
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: àicheadh
 * Slovak: popieranie, poprenie, popieračstvo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish: אָפּלייקענונג, פֿאַרלייקענונג