English-Italian translations for denial

• negazione
  Il protezionismo è la negazione della globalizzazione e una negazione dell'Unione europea. Protectionism is a denial of globalisation and a denial of the European Union.
  Questa è la negazione della democrazia. This is a denial of democracy.
  4/ la negazione della questione curda. 4/ the denial of the Kurdish issue.
• rifiuto
  Né lassismo, né rifiuto, né pretese di superiorità devono essere le direttrici europee! Laxness, denial and pretended superiority should not form the European guidelines.
  Assistiamo tuttora alla negazione dei diritti umani, al rifiuto del diritto delle ONG umanitarie di operare in modo efficace sul posto. Yet we see the denial of human rights, the denial of the right of humanitarian NGOs to operate effectively on the ground.
  Uno dei motivi che hanno innescato la crisi dei Balcani è stato il rifiuto e il disinteresse per i diritti delle minoranze. One of the starting points for the Balkan crisis was the denial of and disregard for minority rights.

Definition of denial

• The negation in logic
• A refusal to comply with a request
• An assertion of untruth
• Refusal to believe a problem exists
• A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect

Examples

• The denial of "There might be X" is the null, "False, there is no X
• Every time we asked for an interview we got a denial
• The singer has issued a sweeping denial of all the rumors
• We couldnt break through his denial about being alcoholic
• He is in denial that he has a drinking problem

Related words

• denialist
• self-denial
• denialism
• denial of pregnancy
• denial of reality
• denial of service
• denial-of-service attack
• Holocaust denial
• pregnancy denial