denial

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An assertion of untruth.

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

2. isim The negation in logic.

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

3. isim 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.”

4. isim Refusal to believe that a problem exists.

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

5. isim Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing.
6. isim 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.”

7. isim 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.”

8. isim A disownment or disavowal

   “The denial of Jesus by Peter.”