denial
noun/dɪˈnaɪəl/
Word Family
- deny verb
- denial noun
- undeniable adjective
- undeniably adverb
Слово англійською: denial
Переклад denial українською: заперечення, спростування, відхилення, відмова, незгода, зречення, самозречення, самообмеження
Детальний опис
- [countable] a statement that something is not true or does not exist; the action of denying something
- denial (of something) the prisoner’s repeated denials of the charges against him
- The terrorists issued a denial of responsibility for the attack.
- denial that… There was an official denial that there would be an election before the end of the year.
- in denial She shook her head in denial.
- [countable, uncountable] (a) denial of something an act of refusing to allow somebody to have something they have a right to expect
- Pressure groups have drawn attention to the denial of human rights in some areas.
- The advertising ban is a denial of freedom of speech.
- [uncountable] the act of refusing to accept that something unpleasant or painful is true
- in denial The patient is still in denial.
- Some people are in denial about the situation.