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What does denial mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word denial? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (logic) The negation in logic.
  2. A refusal to comply with a request.
  3. An assertion of untruth.
  4. Refusal to believe a problem exists
  5. (psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
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Jainists are famous for self denial. One group of monks, the Digambaras, does not wear clothes.
Strong defenses and a sense of denial are hallmarks of the substance abuser's psychology.
Ibn Sina's denial of the passage view of motion results from his understanding of motion as an accidental property of physical bodies.
Perkins issued a flat denial that he had ever had anything to do with Duke, and he denounced him for good measure.
His acidic denial was ignored because Will had acknowledged Katherine's presence.
A close precedent for an acquittal based on the denial of evidence already exists.

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