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denial

noun
/dɪˈnaɪ.əl/US

Etymology

From deny + -al.

  1. derived from *né✻
  2. derived from denegare
  3. derived from denoier
  4. inherited from denyen
  5. suffixed as denial — “deny + al”

Definitions

  1. An assertion of untruth.

    • The singer has issued a sweeping denial of all the rumors.

  2. The negation in logic.

    • The denial of "There might be X" is the null, "False, there is no X."

  3. A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired.

    • The denial of medical treatment to those who cannot afford to pay is scandalous.
    • I cannot understand the bank's denial of my loan application.
    • Every time we asked for an interview we got a denial.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Refusal to believe that a problem exists.

      • We couldn't break through his denial about being alcoholic.

    2. Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing.

    3. Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation.

      • The sheer length of the list demonstrates the hold denial wields over states and societies, a power that may be best understood empirically by delving further into the two best-documented cases of Holocaust and Armenian [genocide] denial.
      • However, just as genocide is understood by some—including Raphael Lemkin—as a kind of radical, perverse act of creation, so too, denial does not aim only at a negation of reality but also at the creation of a new reality.

    4. 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.

    5. A disownment or disavowal

      • The denial of Jesus by Peter.

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Derived

air denial, alternative denial, anti-access area denial, area denial, area-denial, climate denial, Denialgate, denial is a river in Egypt, denialism, denial is not a river in Egypt, denialist, denialistic, denial of pregnancy, denial of service, denial-of-service attack, denial of services, Glomar denial, in denial, nondenial, non-denial denial, nondenial denial, pregnant denial, redenial, self-denial

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at denial. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01denial02negation03contradictory04contradiction05contradicting06contradict07denying

A definitional loop anchored at denial. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at denial

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA