Denial

Noun

 * 1) The negation in logic
 * The denial of "There might be X" is the null, "False, there is no X."
 * 1) A refusal to comply with a request.
 * Every time we asked for an interview we got a denial.
 * 1) An assertion of untruth
 * The singer has issued a sweeping denial of all the rumors.
 * 1) Refusal to believe a problem exists
 * We couldn't break through his denial about being alcoholic.
 * Suzanne Fields wrote: "Denial" came out of the therapyspeak prevalent in the middle of the 20th century, especially as it was applied to confronting the reality of mortality. It was popularized as the first stage of grief, and quickly expanded to include refusal to confront any bad news or disturbing ideas.
 * 1)  A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
 * He is in denial that he has a drinking problem.
 * He is in denial that he has a drinking problem.

Related terms

 * deny
 * in denial
 * denier

Adjectives for Denial
incredulous; amused; bold; vehement; armed; cynical; indignant; visual; arrogant; gracious; telegraphic; rigid; furious; steadfast; vigorous; smiling; disarming; chivalrous; utter; peremptory; quibbling; naive; positive; emphatic.

Verbs for Denial
accept—; brook-; counter—; out—; prepare—; sign to—; spurn-; color—; conceal with evoke—; ignore—; lash ; rebut—; request—; re-; storm— —contradicts; —discourages; —irks; —peeves (colloq); —refuses; —refutes; —repulses; —wearies.

Thesaurus
Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, abjuration, abjurement, abnegation, abrogation, absolute contradiction, abstaining, agnosticism, annulment, answer, argument, atheism, ban, bereavement, bucking, challenge, chucking, chucking out, complete answer, confounding, confutation, constraint, contempt, contention, contraband, contradiction, contraposition, contrary assertion, contravention, contraversion, controversion, cost, counteraction, countering, counterstatement, counterworking, crosscurrent, crossing, damage, dead loss, debit, declension, declination, declinature, declining, defense, demolition, demurrer, denudation, deprivation, despisal, despising, despoilment, destruction, detriment, disaffirmation, disagreement, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disbelief, discard, disclaimer, disclamation, discounting, discredit, discrediting, dismissal, disobedience, disowning, disownment, dispossession, disproof, disregard, dissent, divestment, effective rejoinder, embargo, exception, exclusion, expatriation, expense, forbearance, forbiddance, forbidden fruit, forbidding, forfeit, forfeiture, forswearing, frugality, gainsaying, golden mean, head wind, heresy, holding back, ignoring, impugnation, impugnment, inability to believe, incredulity, index, index expurgatorius, index librorum prohibitorum, infidelity, inhibition, injunction, injury, interdict, interdiction, interdictum, law, loser, losing, losing streak, loss, minimifidianism, misbelief, moderateness, moderation, nay, negation, negative, negative answer, nix, no, no-no, nonacceptance, nonapproval, nonbelief, noncompliance, nonconsent, nonconsideration, nonobservance, nothing in excess, nullification, nullifidianism, objection, opposing, opposition, opposure, oppugnation, overthrow, overthrowal, palinode, palinody, passing by, perdition, plea, pleading, preclusion, prevention, privation, prohibition, prohibitory injunction, proscription, putting away, putting out, rebuff, rebutment, rebuttal, recantation, refraining, refusal, refutal, refutation, rejection, reneging, renouncement, renunciation, reply, repression, repudiation, repulse, resistance, response, restraint, restrictive covenants, retention, retractation, retraction, revocation, revokement, riposte, robbery, ruin, ruling out, sacrifice, scouting, self, self-control, self-denial, self-discipline, self-mastery, self-restraint, soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, special demurrer, special pleading, spoliation, spurning, squelch, standing against, statement of defense, statute, stripping, subversion, sumptuary laws, suppression, taboo, taking away, temperance, temperateness, throwing out, thumbs-down, total loss, traversal, turndown, turning out, unbelief, unbelievingness, undercurrent, undermining, unsaying, unwillingness, upset, upsetting, veto, withdrawal, withholding, zoning, zoning laws

Translations

 * Arabic: إنكار, رفض
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 否認,
 * French: négation,
 * German:, , Negierung


 * Hebrew: שלילה (shlila)
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:, , 否認
 * Norwegian: negasjon
 * Russian: отрицание
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: إنكار, رفض, إباء
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 抵賴, 抵赖
 * Finnish: torjuminen, kieltävä
 * French:


 * German: Verweigerung
 * Japanese: 拒絶,
 * Lithuanian: atsisakymas
 * Norwegian: nekting
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,


 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: desmentiment
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 否認,
 * French: négation
 * German: Leugnung


 * Hebrew: הכחשה (hakhkhasha)
 * Japanese: 否認
 * Lithuanian: neigimas, paneigimas
 * Norwegian: benektelse
 * Russian: опровержение, отрицание


 * Finnish: kiistäminen
 * French:
 * Hebrew: הכחשה (hakhkhasha)


 * Lithuanian: neigimas
 * Norwegian:


 * : negação

Anagrams

 * Aldine, alined, Daniel, daniel, inlead, lead-in, nailed