English-Spanish translations for denial

• mentís
  A pesar de este mentís práctico, el informe propone una mayor flexibilidad de los mercados, comenzando por el mercado del trabajo.Despite this convenient denial, the report proposes to plunge further into social regression. It proposes increased flexibility in the markets, starting with the labour market.
• negación
  El proteccionismo es la negación de la globalización y la negación de la Unión Europea. Protectionism is a denial of globalisation and a denial of the European Union.
  4/ La negación del hecho kurdo. 4/ the denial of the Kurdish issue.
  Se trata de una negación de la libertad. Yet it is actually a denial of freedom.

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