Denial
The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.
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Denial Quotations
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
Mark Twain
To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.
Lewis Mumford
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
Ambrose Bierce
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
Bill Watterson
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
Frank Herbert
Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you.
Bill Hicks
I have a very highly developed sense of denial.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.
Edwin Louis Cole
In one way, I suppose, I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light.
Christopher Hitchens
Denial Translations
denial in German is Aberkennung {f}, Leugnen, Verweigerung {f}
denial in Norwegian is benektelse, avslag
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