DENIAL


Meaning of DENIAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˈnī(-ə)l, dē- ]

noun

Date: 1528

1. : refusal to satisfy a request or desire

2.

a.

(1) : refusal to admit the truth or reality (as of a statement or charge)

(2) : assertion that an allegation is false

b. : refusal to acknowledge a person or a thing : disavowal

3. : the opposing by the defendant of an allegation of the opposite party in a lawsuit

4. : self-denial

5. : negation in logic

6. : a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality

- in denial

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.