English-Swedish translations for denial

• dementi
  Trots denna praktiska dementi föreslår man i betänkandet att vi skall gå ytterligare ett steg mot social tillbakagång.Despite this convenient denial, the report proposes to plunge further into social regression.
  Både Polen och Rumänien utfärdade officiella dementier på regeringsnivå förra veckan, så vi visste detta.Well, both Poland and Romania issued official government-level denials last week, so we knew that.
  Jag har en utskrift av Cooks anförande och där finns det ingen dementi.I have the transcript of Mr Cook's speech in which there is no denial.
• förnekelse en
  Barrosos reaktion var dock förnekelse.However, Mr Barroso’s reaction was one of denial.
  Protektionism innebär förnekelse av globaliseringen och av EU.Protectionism is a denial of globalisation and a denial of the European Union.
  Det innebär en förnekelse av demokratin, och vi kan inte godta det.It is a denial of democracy and we cannot accept it.

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